A court agrees that 'distressing' life-support treatment for the woman, in her 50s, should end.
Doctors said there was nothing they could do to make "any aspect of her condition better" and life-support treatment was causing her distress and adding to her "burden".
Barrister Katie Gollop QC, who represented hospital bosses, told the Court of Protection, where judges oversee hearings centred on adults who lack the mental capacity to make decisions, the case appeared to be "unique".
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