The mother of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose condition after brain damage has urgently appealed to the Governmentwith support treatment expected to end on Monday afternoon.
In a letter sent Saturday, Hollie Dance urged the Health Secretary to “act immediately” to prevent her son Archie Battersbee’s treatment from ending.
Barts Health NHS Trustwho cares for Archie is reportedly going ahead with plans to end support at 2 p.m. Monday.
Write to Stephen BarclayMs Dance said: “If this happens, it will be extraordinary cruelty and a blatant violation of Archie’s rights as a disabled person.
“Archie has the right to let the decisions about his life and death be made by the NHS and UK courts, overseen by an international human rights body. Hastening his death to prevent that would be totally unacceptable.
“I trust that you will now act immediately, as a member of the government responsible for the NHS, to ensure that this does not happen, and that our country fulfills its obligations under the international human rights treaties that we have signed and ratified. “
A Supreme Court judge has ruled that ending the trial is in Archie’s best interests, after examining the evidence.
Dans and Paul Battersbee, the youngster’s parents, who are divorced but both live in Southend, Essex, failed to convince the Court of Appeal judges to overturn that ruling and the Supreme Court judges have refused to intervene. come.
Archie’s parents are supported by campaign organization the Christian Juridisch Centrum.
The Ministry of Health has been approached for comment.