This news story involves an 11-year-old girl named Fatima Ali, who was born with a rare degenerative genetic disorder causing seizures and an inability to stand, eat, or talk. Fatima was admitted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital in June 2023 with an infection, but complications led to her being intubated and placed on a ventilator. The following year, doctors suggested withdrawing life support and moving Fatima to palliative care, but her parents, who are devout Muslims, refused. It resulted in a High Court battle, during which the family felt pressured by the hospital. The judge sided with Fatima’s family, criticising the doctors for underestimating the signs of pleasure that Fatima’s family and a play worker noticed in her. Fatima was discharged from hospital last month, and she continues to need a tracheostomy for ventilation at home.