A boy has died of the brain from a viral challenge and he is ordered to die: his family is opposed

A British judge ruled this on Monday Archie Batterbeea 12-year-old boy who suffered brain damage for two months, you can stop the treatment. The situation occurs in the midst of a legal battle between the children’s family and the doctors treating him, who consider him “dead” with no chance of recovery. The family struggles to continue to assist him.

The boy, who remained in those conditions following an accident at his home, is currently being treated at the Royal Hospital in Whitechapel, in east London.

Doctors consider Archie brain dead and must be disconnected from the machines who keep him alive while his parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, natives of Southend (Essex), claim that his heart continues to beat and they want the treatment to continue.

British judge Emma Arbuthnot ruled today that Archie is “dead” and that the doctors could to “legitimately” interrupt their treatment.

The attorneys representing the hospital had asked the magistrate to mediate in this case to determine what measures would be in the best interests of the child.

Archie suffered brain damage on April 7 when his parents found him unconscious. They then indicated that they believe that the minor, who has not regained consciousness, he had participated in some “online challenge”.

As Arbuthnot noted in a written opinion, “the irreversible cessation of neural stem cell function has been definitively established.”

“I authorize medical professionals at Royal London Hospital to remove Archie Battersbee from ventilators; extubate him; stop administering drugs and do not attempt any cardiac or pulmonary resuscitation when cardiac output ceases or respiratory efforts cease, “said the judge.

The magistrate also indicated that if Archie “continues with mechanical ventilation, the likely outcome is sudden death and the prospects for recovery are nil.”

“He does not find pleasure in life and his brain damage is irrecoverable,” he concluded.

This was demonstrated by the family, who will appeal against the sentence “devastated and extremely disappointed” after weeks of legal battle.

“I’m sorry that the hospital and the judge did not take into account the wishes of the family, I don’t think Archie was given enough time, from the beginning we asked ourselves: why are you in such a hurry?” today the mother in statements to the press.

“Her heart is still beating, she shook my hand and as a mother I know she is still there,” she added.

Source: EFE