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The Privy Council has granted permission to the mother of a child born with cerebral palsy to appeal several findings of the Court of Appeal, which had upheld a High Court ruling in a medical negligence case against a private clinic in San Fernando.

Lords Briggs, Burrows and Stephens granted Shelly-Ann Balwah, acting on behalf of her son Aeden Balwah, permission to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision in favour of Surgi-Med Clinic.

The appeal centres on allegations of clinical negligence during Aeden’s birth on May 19, 2002, and on whether the timing of Dr Marwan Abdulla’s arrival at the clinic contributed to the child’s cerebral palsy.