Brain damaged Archie Battersbee ‘should be allowed to die’ high court rules
Brain damaged Archie Battersbee ‘should be allowed to die’ high court rules
Doctors say Archie Battersbee is ‘unresponsive’ and will not recover (Picture: PA)
Doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to a 12-year-old boy who suffered a ‘catastrophic’ brain injury, a High Court judge has ruled.
Medics caring for Archie Battersbee say continued treatment is not in his best interests and should end.
But Archie’s parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee,…
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