The mother of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, who has made a last-ditch bid to postpone the withdrawal of her son’s life support, is thinking of taking him abroad to be treated.
Archie has been in a coma since he was found unconscious on April 7, with a ligature around his neck – his mum believes he was taking part in a dangerous TikTok challenge, leaving him with catastrophic brain damage – and is being kept alive by a combination of medical interventions, including ventilation and drug treatments, at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London.
On Tuesday evening (August 2), Hollie Dance said Barts Health NHS Trust would begin to withdraw life support at 11am on Wednesday unless the family submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by 9am.
