At what point do you pull the plug on a person? 12-year-old Archie Battersbee's parents are fighting to keep him alive. The boy has been in coma since April, the doctors now want to pull the plug on him. Palki Sharma tells you more. #Gravitas #ArchieBattersbee #LifeSupport About Channel: WION The World is One News, examines global issues with in-depth analysis. We provide … [Read more...]
Archie Battersbee’s mum ‘absolutely deflated’ after European court ruling
ARCHIE Battersbee's mum may give her son mouth-to-mouth when he's taken off life support. Desperate Hollie Dance has vowed to "continue to give him oxygen" if doctors switch off the 12-year-old's machine and is "prepared to do anything" to keep him alive. A spokesman for campaign organisation the Christian Legal Centre - who are supporting the family - told The Sun giving her … [Read more...]
Archie Battersbee cannot be moved to hospice, High Court rules
Archie Battersbee cannot be moved from hospital to a hospice, the High Court has ruled, denying an application from his family. His mother, Hollie Dance, said she wanted her son to "spend his last moments" together with family privately, but the High Court ruled this was not in Archie's best interests. #ArchieBattersbee #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more … [Read more...]
Archie Battersbee: Family lose new bid over life support
The family of Archie Battersbee has lost a new bid to delay the withdrawal of the 12-year-old's life support, as the European Court of Human Rights says they will "not interfere" with the decisions of UK courts. #ArchieBattersbee #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like … [Read more...]
Archie Battersbee’s family launch legal bid to let him die in a hospice | 5 News
► Have you subscribed to 5 News?: http://bit.ly/5NewsSub ► He's the twelve year old boy who was found unconscious at his home in April, and he's been in hospital ever since. Doctors say he will never recover, and judges have agreed it's time to stop life support. His parents have fought that decision every step of the way, but today they weren't asking a court to challenge … [Read more...]
Brain-damaged UK Boy Archie Battersbee dies after life support is turned off | WION
The European court had rejected an appeal by the parents of Archie Battersbee to keep their son's life support turned on. Archie was taken off all medications at 10am on Saturday and he died the same day around noon. The 12-year-old died after weeks of legal battle. #ArchieBattersbee #LifeSupport #EnglishNews About Channel: WION The World is One News, examines global … [Read more...]
Archie Battersbee: Timeline as parents lose High Court bid to have him moved to hospice
Archie Battersbee’s parents have lost a High Court bid to have him transferred to a hospice to die. The parents of the 12-year-old wanted him transferred from the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, to a hospice which had agreed to take him. However Mrs Justice Theis ruled on Friday that Archie should stay under the case of the hospital while life support is … [Read more...]
12-year-old Archie Battersbee has died after having his life support withdrawn
The family of Archie Battersbee say he has died after his life support was withdrawn. One family member said: "There is nothing dignified about watching a family member or a child suffocate - no family should ever have to go through what we've been through." #ArchieBattersbee #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow … [Read more...]
Court of Appeal rules Archie Battersbee must die in hospital
The Court of Appeal has backed a decision by the High Court that Archie Battersbee cannot be moved from hospital to a hospice to die. The family of the 12-year-old, who experts say is brain dead and will not survive without life-support treatment, had asked the courts to allow them to move him to a hospice. #ArchieBattersbee #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for … [Read more...]