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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Brian Farmer

Archie Battersbee: ‘Very likely’ boy at centre of treatment dispute is ‘brain-stem dead’, doctors say

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Doctors treating a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute think it’s “very likely” he is “brain-stem dead”, a specialist has told a High Court judge.

The specialist on Tuesday listed a series of concerns about Archie Battersbee, who lost consciousness after suffering brain damage in an incident at his home two months ago.

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