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12-year-old Archie is in a coma after a challenge on social media.
British healthcare and HD want to end the care – but the family has appealed.
Now they also get the nob from the European Court of Justice.
– We parents have no right to our children. It is reprehensible, says mother Hollie Dance to Sky News.
At 11 a.m. today, August 3, the London hospital was due to turn off 12-year-old Archies Battersbee’s life support.
He has been in a coma since April when he was found unconscious in his home by his mother. The mother said she found him with a ligature, a type of rope, over his head. She believes he performed a viral challenge on social media that rendered him unconscious.
Archie has been diagnosed with brain damage and the doctors assess that he may be brain dead. The healthcare system believes that it is best for him that the treatment ends.
But Archie’s parents have refused to accept it.
– I will fight for Archie’s right to live, she has previously said, reports Sky News.
No in several instances
The mother tells Sky News that the boy’s heart is beating and that he is said to have hugged her hand. According to her, doctors from Japan and Turkey have reached out and said they believe they can treat Archie, which has made the mother consider trying to get him transferred to a hospital outside the UK.
The case has received a lot of attention in the British media. The case finally ended up on the table of the British Supreme Court.
But yesterday they said no and went on the healthcare line. The family then turned to the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights.
“Just so unfair”
But on Wednesday evening came the decisive announcement. The European Court of Justice says that it does not interfere with the decision of the national court.
– The whole system has turned against us, says the boy’s mother Hollie Dance.
The parents believe that the decision contravenes the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Now the parents will try to get permission to move Archie to a hospice, to avoid the “chaos at the hospital” and get a dignified end.
– It’s just so unfair. We parents have no right to our children. It is worthy, says mother Hollie Dance.