Judge orders dying Perth boy remain in hospital against parents’ wishes while court case continues

The Perth Children’s hospital urgently applied to the WA family court for orders to keep a 10-year-old boy in its care and to provide palliative care. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

A “much loved 10-year-old little boy”, in pain and with just six months to live, is at the centre of a court battle between the Perth Children’s hospital and his parents.

According to the court judgment, his mother believes hospital treatment is killing him and that he will be “cured by God” if he can go home.