A judge today ruled a 12-year-old boy’s life-support should be switched off following a treatment legal dispute at the High Court.
Archie Battersbee, is currently on life-support at the Royal London Hospital in East London. However, doctors caring for the child say he is “brain-stem dead” and he should be disconnected from a ventilator.
Archie’s parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, said the youngster’s heart is still beating and have fought hard for treatment to continue. Today, Mrs Justice Arbuthnot ruled Archie was dead and said NHS staff could lawfully stop treating him.