Tragic Archie Battersbee's life support will be switched off at 11am tomorrow after judges refused to stop doctor’s from ending his care, his family have said. Sky News reports that the 12-year-old’s mum Hollie Dance confirmed the heartbreaking update after losing a Supreme Court bid to block the withdrawal of his life-support.
The youngster has been in a coma since April after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury which medics at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, say has left him brain-stem dead. Doctors have argued that continuing his life-support treatment is not in his best interests but his devastated family have lodged several court actions in a bid to overturn the decision.
On Monday afternoon, shortly after 3pm, a judge ruled the schoolboy's life support could be turned off after his family lost a last-ditch bid to keep him alive. Mum Hollie and dad Paul Battersbee then filed an application directly with the Supreme Court, asking for his treatment to continue so the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) could have time to consider their complaint.
