Archie Battersbee’s father has been rushed into hospital after fears he may have suffered a stroke or a heart attack on the same day judges have ruled in favour of turning off his son’s life support machine.
Paul Battersbee was taken into hospital before the hearing in London and his condition is currently unclear. However, since then appeal judges have ruled that medics can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to Archie.
Doctors have argued it is futile to carry on treating the 12-year-old after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury when a social media dare apparently went wrong. A lawyer representing Archie’s parents tried to get the ruling postponed following revelations that Hollie Dance, 46, believes her son had tried to breathe independently and that Paul Battersee had been rushed to hospital.
