Australia: Father of dying girl pleads for Queensland Government to allow her cannabis oil in hospital
The father of a dying Brisbane child wants special permission from the Queensland Government to use cannabis oil in hospital.
Steve Peek said doctors had tried every legal medication on his eight-year-old daughter Suli, who has a regressive neurological disorder that causes multiple chronic seizures, but that nothing had worked.
He resorted to cannabis oil 16 months ago to give Suli a better quality of life, and said it had helped control her seizures.
But following a recent virus, Suli now needs palliative care.
Mr Peek has pleaded with the Government to provide him with compassionate access to use the drug in hospital.
"What we need is some sort of approval so if she goes to hospital we can continue using the cannabis oil," he said.
"It's hard for us to take her to the hospital because they won't allow for us to give her medical cannabis in the hospital....
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