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| Teenage girl wins right to die | Teenage girl wins right to die |
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| A terminally-ill girl has won the right to die after a hospital ended its bid to force her to have a heart operation. | A terminally-ill girl has won the right to die after a hospital ended its bid to force her to have a heart operation. |
| Herefordshire Primary Care Trust dropped a High Court case after a child protection officer said Hannah Jones was adamant she did not want surgery. | Herefordshire Primary Care Trust dropped a High Court case after a child protection officer said Hannah Jones was adamant she did not want surgery. |
| The 13-year-old, from Marden, has refused a heart transplant because it might not work and, if it did, would be followed by constant medication. | The 13-year-old, from Marden, has refused a heart transplant because it might not work and, if it did, would be followed by constant medication. |
| The girl, who has a hole in her heart, says she wants to die with dignity. | The girl, who has a hole in her heart, says she wants to die with dignity. |
| Hannah was interviewed by the child protection officer after the trust applied for a court order in February to force the transplant. | Hannah was interviewed by the child protection officer after the trust applied for a court order in February to force the transplant. |
| She said she wanted to stop treatment and spend the rest of her life at home. | She said she wanted to stop treatment and spend the rest of her life at home. |
| The BBC's Jane Deith, who has followed Hannah's legal battle, said: "Hannah managed to convince this officer that this was a decision she had made on her own and she had thought about it over a long period of time, and eventually the court proceeding was dropped." | |
| Parents 'proud' | |
| Our reporter said that the girl's parents supported her decision and were "very proud of her". | |
| "She didn't take the decision lightly, and she had chosen that she wanted to live and die in dignity at home with her parents." | |
| The Daily Telegraph quoted Hannah's father Andrew, 43, as saying: "It is outrageous that the people from the hospital could presume we didn't have our daughter's best interests at heart. | |
| "Hannah had been through enough already and to have the added stress of a possible court hearing or being forcibly taken into hospital is disgraceful." | "Hannah had been through enough already and to have the added stress of a possible court hearing or being forcibly taken into hospital is disgraceful." |
| Hannah previously suffered from leukaemia and her heart has been weakened by drugs she was required to take from the age of five. | Hannah previously suffered from leukaemia and her heart has been weakened by drugs she was required to take from the age of five. |