MONTREAL – A Quebec Superior Court justice has granted health authorities the right to force-feed a young woman suffering from anorexia.
Two healthcare establishments in Quebec City asked the court for the right to forcefully treat the 20-year-old, whose weight reportedly kept decreasing and at one point reached 32 kilograms.
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The woman reportedly refused to be treated and a psychiatrist said she didn’t recognize the danger she was in.
In a mid-July ruling, the judge granted the establishments the right to provide the woman with various treatments against her will, including force-feeding her.
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The ruling is applicable for two months.
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