Family's joy at cannabis treatment approval
The family of Nelson teenager Alex Renton are "absolutely over the moon" to hear a Government minister has approved a cannabinoid oil to try treat his seizures.
Renton has been in an induced coma in Wellington Hospital for over two months, in status epilepticus", a kind of prolonged seizure.
Supporters had been petitioning the Ministry of Health and staging protests in both Nelson and Wellington, calling for access to the oil.
Renton's older sister Jessie said they were relieved, shocked and "over the moon" when they heard the decision.
"We are so relieved we have been heard and action has been taken. We are grateful to the Ministry of Health and the hospital, in particular our neurologist Ian Rosemergy. Without him this wouldn't have happened."
On Tuesday Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne approved the one-off use of Elixinol, a cannabidiol (CBD) product from the United States for Renton.
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