Archie Battersbee

The 12-year-old has died after his life support was withdrawn, following a four-month legal fight.

Doctors believe it is “highly likely” that the child is in effect dead and that it is in his best interests to stop life-support treatment. Their application to the ECHR, arguing that the high court’s ruling violated the European convention on human rights, fails. In the family division of the high court, Arbuthnot oversees three days of evidence and argument about Archie’s treatment. Royal London hospital sets a date for Archie’s treatment to be withdrawn, on 1 August at 2pm. He is taken to hospital with traumatic head injuries. Barts Health, the NHS trust in charge of Archie’s care at the Royal London hospital, starts proceedings in the high court to test his brain stem and to withdraw mechanical ventilation.

The decision to terminate the brain-damaged boy's life support was made by a British court over his parents' protests.

Pope Francis and Polish President Andrzej Duda spoke in defence of Alfie, with President Duda suggesting he could grant the boy Polish citizenship if the parents requested it and for him to be treated in a Polish hospital. Alfie Evans was eventually granted Italian citizenship, but ultimately he was not transferred to Italy and died in the same hospital in which he spent almost a year and a half of his life. The parents were also refused to take the boy out of the hospital and put him in a hospice, where he could receive palliative care. The case of Archie Battersbee was not the first one in which a UK court decided to terminate life support for a child, siding with the doctors over the protests of its parents. Archie’s heartbroken mother said that the state effectively took away their right to make decisions about the well-being of their child. “The Court [...] decided not to issue the interim measure sought.

Archie had been in a coma for months and his care became the subject of weeks of legal arguments.

Under British law, it is common for courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on a child’s medical treatment. “I return to where I started, recognising the enormity of what lays ahead for Archie’s parents and the family. “I hope now Archie can be afforded the opportunity for him to die in peaceful circumstances, with the family who meant so much to him as he clearly does to them.’‘

Archie Battersbee today died in hospital after his life-support machine was turned off following his parents' mammoth legal fight.

“I pray that the High Court will do the right thing. “We will fight until the bitter end. “We will fight to the end for Archie’s right to live.” The youngster suffered brain damage in the “freak accident” and was unresponsive ever since. We’re going to fight for the right for my son to live,” she said. Devastated Hollie earlier vowed to “fight to the end” for her son.

Archie Battersbee's mother says the 12-year-old "fought right until the very end", months after doctors in London declared him brain-stem dead.

The doctors don't want to go to court. "The parents don't want to go to court. "He went completely blue,'' she said. After a series of courts ruled it was in Archie's best interest that he be allowed to die, the family asked for permission to move him to a hospice. The legal battle is the latest in a series of very public British cases in which parents and doctors have sparred over who is better qualified to make decisions about a child's medical care. British courts had rejected both the family's effort to extend treatment and a request to move Archie to a hospice, saying neither move was in the child's best interests.

As little Archie Battersbee's life support was turned off, his mother has paid an emotional tribute to her son.

We need to see an urgent review and reform of the system.” But Archie’s case will bring a renewed urgency to the need for change. Mrs Justice Theis said in her ruling that the family’s “unconditional love and dedication to Archie is a golden thread that runs through this case. On Saturday morning, well-wishers began leaving floral tributes and lighting candles at the entrance to the hospital. Since that day, they have remained by his side, unwilling to give up hope that he might recover. Announcing her son’s death, she said: “I’m the proudest mum in the world.

But doctors treating the boy had declared Archie to be "brain stem dead", and argued that the youngster should be disconnected from a ventilator.

"They provided high-quality care with extraordinary compassion over several months in often trying and distressing circumstances. It's been really hard. It's barbaric." Chief executive Andrea Williams said: "The events of the last few weeks raise many significant issues including questions of how death is defined, how those decisions are made and the place of the family. "The events of the last few weeks raise many significant issues including questions of how death is defined, how those decisions are made and the place of the family," the Christian Legal Centre says. "Urgent review and reform" is needed in light of Archie Battersbee's death, a group that has been supporting his family has said.

London hospital halts treatment after parents lose legal fight to postpone withdrawal of life support.

This tragic case not only affected the family and his carers but touched the hearts of many across the country.” Alistair Chesser, the trust’s chief medical officer, said: “Archie Battersbee passed away on Saturday afternoon at the Royal London hospital after treatment was withdrawn in line with court rulings about his best interests. My boy is 12, the same age as Archie, and this just puts things in perspective.” And I’ve done it.” She said: “I did not know what to write because there are no words that will take the pain away. Speaking through tears, she said: “In sadness, Archie passed at 12.15pm today.

Archie Battersbee sorrowed brain damage in a happening at home on April 7 and did not recover consciousness.

After Archie's death, the Barts Health NHS Trust informed the press that they would like to thank the hospital and the caregivers for their undying support. Hollie was, however, informed by the hospital authorities that there were no other methods left for her son to continue living. The little boy had major brain injuries and needed life support, including mechanical ventilation and medicinal treatment.

The parents of Archie Battersbee have called for an “investigation and inquiry” into the 12 year-old's case, claiming they had been “stripped” of their ...

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12-year-old boy die for hospital afta im life support dey withdrawn following one legal battle.

Andrea Williams, chief executive of di Christian Legal Centre, wey dey support di family case, say: "Our thoughts, prayers and support dey wit Archie family for dis tragic moment." For inside one statement afta Archie die, Barts Health NHS Trust say: "Members of im family dey for im bedside and our thoughts and heartfelt condolences remain wit dem for dis difficult time. Wit support by di Christian Legal Centre campaigning organisation, di family say dem bin don see signs of life from Archie and say di doctors no listen to dia concerns. Afta im transfer to di Royal London Hospital for east London, wey Barts Health NHS Trust dey run, doctors bin tell Archie family say dem believe say im brain damage dey so significant say e fit don dey brain stem dead. She and Paul Battersbee, Archie papa, bin ask di European Court of Human Rights to chook mouth for di case last week as dem dey fight for make life support continue, but dem tell dem say e no dey possible. E never regain consciousness.

Doctors like me agonise over the harrowing decisions around the end of treatment – but we must always be ready to listen, says Rachel Clarke.

When the next case like Archie’s occurs – with an inevitable rerun of the frenzy and drama and whipped-up hostilities – please know that doctors like me agonise over the complex decisions around withdrawal of treatment. That professionalism is in stark contrast to some of the florid and sensationalist coverage of the case. But brain death means a permanent, irreversible and complete loss of brain function, including the lower part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord. This part, the brain stem, controls most of the body’s automatic functions that are essential for life, such as breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure and swallowing. However, once the full extent of his injuries became clear – including scans showing catastrophic and irreversible brain damage – the clinical team concluded that prolonging treatment was no longer in Archie’s best interests. The professional and legal duties of doctors in the UK require nothing less.

Relatives say they want changes to how life-support cases are dealt with after 12-year-old died following withdrawal of care.

The intervention of third-party groups, such as the anti-LGBT and anti-abortion Christian Legal Centre, in such cases has come under fire. They had wanted him to be taken to the US for treatment. We were backed into a corner by the system, stripped of all our rights, and have had to fight for Archie’s real ‘best interests’ and right to live with everything stacked against us.

Archie Battersbee, the 12-year-old British boy whose family waged an unsuccessful legal fight to stop his doctors from disconnecting him from a ventilator, ...

Archie’s doctors at Royal London Hospital had maintained that the boy, whose heart was still beating, was “very likely” brain-stem dead, but a conclusive test was never performed. According to news reports, his family suspects he may have been taking part in a social media challenge. “And I’m so proud to be his mum.”

ARCHIE Battersbee, the 12-year-old British boy whose family waged an unsuccessful legal fight to stop his doctors from disconnecting him from a ventilator, ...

In court testimony, a family spokeswoman described Archie’s family as “vaguely Christian” but not church-goers prior to his brain injury. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace,” the statement concluded. The family presented video evidence they said showed Archie crying and gripping his mother’s hand.