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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Farmer

Parents of brain-damaged baby ‘devastated’ after appeal bids fail

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The parents of a brain-damaged baby who tried to breathe after doctors said he was dead have failed in appeal bids after losing the latest stage of a life-support treatment fight and are “devastated”, a lawyer has said.

A High Court judge recently ruled that ending life-support treatment is lawful and in the five-month-old boy’s best interests.

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