Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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What happens in the case of a child under the age of 16 with, say, an acute eating disorder, who, without medical treatment in a medical situation, will die because of a lack of food and so forth? What happens if the child says he or she does not want to go to a unit but the parents want their child to go to the unit and the doctor caring for the child says the child needs to go? What happens in circumstances where a child literally refuses treatment?