Archie Battersbee's 'heartbroken' family have been given until 9am tomorrow to launch a legal bid to move the 12-year-old to a hospice
Archie Battersbee's life support to be turned off after ECHR denies appeal.Archie Battersbee's "heartbroken" family have been given until 9am tomorrow to launch a legal bid to move the 12-year-old to a hospice - otherwise his life support will be withdrawn at 11am.The 12-year-old's parents lost their latest legal application on Wednesday evening to postpone the withdrawal of his life support machine after the European Court of Human Rights refused to "interfere".
Now, Barts Health NHS Trust has said Archie's life support will be withdrawn at 11am on Thursday unless an application regarding the hospice move is submitted by 9am. It explained that Archie's condition is "unstable" and that it believes "transferring him even a short distance involves significant risk".
"Hospices are well and truly designed for palliative and respite care. Archie is now obviously on palliative care so there is no reason whatsoever for him not to take his last moments at a hospice.It comes after Archie's mother Hollie Dance said she "won't allow" anything to be done before his father returns to his bedside at the hospital."They definitely won't be doing anything until tomorrow because I definitely won't allow that.
His parents have mounted a number of legal challenge since then after doctors said he was brain stem dead.
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