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I seem to recall there was a young boy in a Southampton hospital who the doctors said should be allowed to die and the parents should not be allowed to take him abroad for treatment; when the parents did discharge their child and took him to Spain, where they had a property, the hospital had the parents arrested and sought extradition, and only after an outcry did the doctors and hospital relent and the parents were released.

They were then allowed to take their child to have his treatment in eastern Europe and, as far as I am aware, the boy is still alive and doing well.

The doctors are not always right, but can be remarkably stubborn when parents have the temerity to disagree with doctors' decisions. So far as I am aware the doctors never apologised for their actions but just sought to justify themselves. They have, however, damaged their credibility and that of every other doctor as a result of their conduct (or misconduct).