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IN THE MATTER OF R.H.

No. 93-P-1267.

35 Mass. App. Ct. 478 (1993)

622 N.E.2d 1071

IN THE MATTER OF R.H.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Engel for the ward.

Alex L. Moschella for the guardian.

Scott M. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Mental Retardation, was present but did not argue.

Present: KASS, GREENBERG, & LAURENCE, JJ.

LAURENCE, J.

On February 25, 1992, the Department of Mental Retardation petitioned the Probate Court to apply the doctrine of substituted judgment and order hemodialysis treatment for R.H., a thirty-three year old mentally retarded resident of the Fernald State School in Waltham who suffers from chronic pyelonephritis. This disease has severely damaged her kidneys and will inevitably lead to her premature death if...

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