Te Whatu Ora is going to court over an anti-vax couple who don't want their sick baby to have surgery unless doctors use blood from unvaccinated donors.
In an interview with anti-vax campaigner and conspiracy theorist Liz Gunn the couple say the baby urgently needs open heart surgery and they want the blood to come from people who have not had the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Herald is reporting that Te Whatu Ora is applying for guardianshp of the child.
The health authority has told RNZ the decision to make a court application is always made with the best interests of the child in mind.
It won't comment further as the matter is before the courts.
University of Otago Bioethics lecturer and bioethics research scholar Josephine Johnstone spoke to Guyon Espiner.
