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IN THE MATTER OF RENA

No. 99-P-199.

46 Mass. App. Ct. 335 (1999)

LIN THE MATTER OF RENA.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

February 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Simons for the minor.

Benjamin Smith for Berkshire Medical Center.

Present: JACOBS, SMITH, & PORADA, JJ.

PORADA, J.

When a seventeen year old patient, Rena,1 and her parents, who are members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, refused to allow physicians at the Berkshire Medical Center (hospital) to administer a blood transfusion to Rena, the hospital sought an order in the Superior Court seeking permission to do so. After a hearing, a Superior Court judge issued a temporary order permitting the hospital to administer a blood transfusion to Rena...

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