--- title: Connecticut Teen Ordered to Stay In Hospital Until Forced Chemo Ends description: A Connecticut teenager who was ordered to undergo treatment for Hodgkin lymphona will have to remain in the hospital under state custody canonical: https://time.com/3769721/connecticut-teen-ordered-stay-hospital-forced-chemotherapy/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-02T20:52:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:40:17.598Z article:section: Health og:title: Connecticut Teen Ordered to Stay in Hospital for Forced Chemotherapy og:description: "Cassandra C." was deemed a flight risk og:url: https://time.com/3769721/connecticut-teen-ordered-stay-hospital-forced-chemotherapy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta304360b22d2c4ad/6987868a06f2c16fe2334bd2/teen-cancer-treatment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Photo shows Cassandra, a teen who does not want to give her last name, confined in a room at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., where she is being forced to undergo chemotherapy. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Connecticut Teen Ordered to Stay in Hospital for Forced Chemotherapy twitter:description: "Cassandra C." was deemed a flight risk twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta304360b22d2c4ad/6987868a06f2c16fe2334bd2/teen-cancer-treatment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Connecticut Teen Ordered to Stay in Hospital for Forced Chemotherapy  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Apr 2, 2015 8:52 PM UTC  Photo shows Cassandra, a teen who does not want to give her last name, confined in a room at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., where she was forced to undergo chemotherapy. Photo shows Cassandra, a teen who does not want to give her last name, confined in a room at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., where she was forced to undergo chemotherapy.Cassandra C.—AP  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Apr 2, 2015 8:52 PM UTC A Connecticut teenager who was ordered to undergo chemotherapy will have to remain in the hospital until the final round of treatment is completed, a local court ruled on Thursday. The teenager, “Cassandra C,” was denied a motion to visit home after lawyers for child services argued she posed a continuing flight risk, CNN [reports](http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/health/connecticut-teen-forced-chemotherapy/index.html). The 17-year-old [made headlines](http://time.com/3660088/connecticut-cancer-chemotherapy-cassandra/) earlier this year when she and her mother mounted a legal defense to refuse treatment, arguing that the chemicals posed a greater threat than the cancer itself. Medical experts disagreed, and the Connecticut supreme court temporarily placed the teenager under the custody of child services. 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