The parents�of a�six-year-old boy with cancer has won their court battle�so that the boy will no longer be forced to undergo radiotherapy or more chemotherapy.
Oshin Kiszko was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour last year, but his parents, Angela Kiszko and Adrian Strachan, opposed the treatment�that�doctors suggested because of its severe side effects.
A court order in March has forced Oshin to�undergo�chemotherapy and he was given two cycles of the treatment.
Then, Family Court Chief Justice Stephen Thackray considered whether Oshin should also be given radiotherapy and ruled�in May that the parents had given an undertaking to continue chemotherapy instead.
However,�the case was back in court last week after both sides agreed there was no longer any benefit to continuing chemotherapy alone.
The hospital has made an�application to force Oshin to undergo�further medical treatment, which includes radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but his parents wanted him to�receive palliative care.
WA Today�reported that on Thursday, Justice Richard O’Brien said that it was in the best interests of Oshin to not force him to undergo radiotherapy and further�chemotherapy. He�said that the case was about deciding the most beneficial outcome for the child and not about Oshin’s right to live or his right to die without suffering.
He�also emphasised his decision is not a�precedent for decisions to be made about the provision of curative or palliative treatment to other children.
Source:�Dailymail.co.uk
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