Doctors can switch off life support for Archie Battersbee, High Court rules

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Doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to Archie Battersbee, a High Court has ruled

The judge said evidence showed that Archie had suffered a "significant injury" to "multiple areas" of his brain and had not "regained awareness at any time"."But the fight, if it can properly be characterised as such, is no longer in Archie's control."Eventually Archie's organs will fail and ultimately his heart will stop."

"It is with the most profound regret, but on the most compelling of evidence, that I am driven to conclude that it is not. He added: "Having come to this conclusion, there emerges the prospect of an end to Archie's life, which reverberates more closely with the way he lived in the past. A lawyer representing Archie's parents indicated that they wanted to try to challenge Mr Justice Hayden's ruling in the Court of Appeal.

 

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There are no words. My heart and prayers are with Archie and family

I would definitely look for a second opinion from a medical panel which is not based in the UK.

High Court are playing GOD. Shame. Shame. Totally Unacceptable. The Law of Karma. 😱 🙏

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