A MOTHER facing possible prosecution has called for high-strength cannabis oil to be available on NHS prescriptions to stop her epileptic son suffering life-threatening seizures. Mitchell Gisbourne, 15, has had fits since the age of five months, when he was infected with the herpes virus. He has tried eight different epilepsy drugs and undergone two
A MOTHER facing possible prosecution has called for high-strength cannabis oil to be available on NHS prescriptions to stop her epileptic son suffering life-threatening seizures. Mitchell Gisbourne, 15, has had fits since the age of five months, when he was infected with the herpes virus. He has tried eight different epilepsy drugs and undergone two brain operations – which are carried out as a last resort – all without his condition improving.
In desperation she has found a private paediatrician who will sell her a legal cannabis oil containing a higher level of THC, costing £200 a month.
Now she is crowdfunding to afford some for next month.
Peter Carroll, director of the End Our Pain campaign, said: “Between them the government, the NHS and some of the medical professional bodies are failing these children.”
