The family of a comatose boy who has fought to prevent doctors from ending his life-support treatment have filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a hospice. 7NEWS
have filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a hospice.
The family is now seeking permission to move Archie from the Royal London Hospital in east London to a hospice.They say the hospital informed them that life support would be withdrawn at 11am on Thursday unless a legal challenge over the hospice move was submitted by 9am. It is common for British courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on the treatment of a child. In such cases, the best interests of the child take primacy over the parents’ right to decide what they believe is best for their offspring.His parents believe he may have been taking part in an online challenge that went wrong.
“As directed by the courts, we will work with the family to prepare for the withdrawal of treatment, but we will make no changes to Archie’s care until the outstanding legal issues are resolved,” Alistair Chesser, chief medical officer of the trust, said in a statement.
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