Britain’s Supreme Court has refused to prevent a hospital from withdrawing life support from a 12-year-old boy with catastrophic brain damage, rejecting a bid by his parents to extend his treatment. 7NEWS
has refused to prevent a hospital from withdrawing life support from a 12-year-old boy with catastrophic brain damageThe parents of Archie Battersbee had asked Supreme Court justices to block a lower court’s ruling that the Royal London Hospital can turn off the boy’s ventilator and stop other interventions that are keeping him alive.
“There’s nobody in that hospital that has spent as much time with Archie as me … I’ve got the evidence that Archie is progressing so it is hard,” she said. The family appealed to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and wanted the withdrawal of treatment put on hold while the committee examined the case.The case is the latest in the UK that has pitted the judgment of doctors against the wishes of families. In several cases, including this one, the families have been backed by a religious pressure group, Christian Concern.
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