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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tom Ambrose

Archie Battersbee: boy on life support in London ‘likely brain stem dead’ high court told

Archie Battersbee, 12, suffered brain damage two months ago.
Archie Battersbee, 12, suffered brain damage two months ago. Photograph: Hollie Dance/PA

Doctors believe a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute is “very likely” to be “brain-stem dead”, a high court judge has heard.

Archie Battersbee has been treated by medics at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, after suffering brain damage two months ago.

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