Last-minute hearing to be held over life support treatment for Archie Battersbee
The Court of Appeal is to hold a last-minute hearing in the case of Archie Battersbee - hours before doctors are due to withdraw life support.to keep treating the 12-year-oldThe Court of Appeal hearing is scheduled for 11:00 BST - three hours before care is due to end at 14:00.He has never regained consciousness and his mother Hollie Dance said she believed he might have been taking part in an online challenge.
Doctors at the Royal London Hospital, where Archie is being treated, have said that he is brain-stem dead and that it is in the child's best interest to stop treatment.It comes after two High Court judges agreed with doctors and said life support treatment could end. The committee requested that Archie's life support continued while it considered the application from his family - a request now granted by the government.
Alistair Chesser, chief medical officer for Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, said: "Our deepest sympathies are with Archie's family at this difficult time."The plan to withdraw treatment will proceed unless the court directs otherwise."
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