Archie Battersbee

Judge says doctors at London hospital can lawfully stop treating boy, who had accident at home in April.

This case raises the significant moral, legal and medical questions as to when a person is dead. His position is not going to improve.” The steps I have set out above are lawful.”

Treatment for a brain-damaged boy in a coma should stop, a High Court judge has ruled. Archie Battersbee, 12, was found unconscious at his home in Southend, ...

"Basing this judgement on an MRI test and that he is 'likely' to be dead, is not good enough. "The downside of such a hurried death is the inability of his loving and beloved family to say goodbye." She said she felt "sickened" that the hospital and judge had not taken into account the wishes of the family and added she did "not believe Archie has been given enough time". "His heart is still beating, he has gripped my hand, and as his mother, I know he is still in there," she said. Archie's mother Hollie Dance said she was "devastated" and the family planned to appeal. Doctors treating him at the Royal London Hospital in east London told the High Court it was "highly likely" he was "brain-stem dead" and asked for his life support to end.

Archie Battersbee has been at the centre of a legal dispute after he was seriously injured in an incident at his home in Southend, Essex, in April.

"Until it's God's way I won't accept that he should go." He said Archie's prognosis was "very grave" and told the judge that his chances of recovery were "very low". Archie Battersbee has been at the centre of a legal dispute after he was seriously injured in an incident at his home in Southend, Essex, in April. She said she felt "sickened at the hospital" and the judge "failed", adding that her son had not been given enough time. Archie Battersbee has been at the centre of a legal dispute after he was seriously injured in an incident at his home in Southend, Essex, in April. She told reporters: "After weeks of fighting a legal battle, when I wanted to be by my little boy's bedside, basing the judgment on an MRI test - and that he is likely to be dead - is not good enough.

A YOUNG boy left in a coma after a "freak accident" at home is legally dead and must be withdrawn from life support, a judge has ruled.Archie Battersb.

A specialist has told the court that tests on Archie had shown no "discernible" brain activity after the horror. I know my son is still there I will not give up my fight for my son." his heart is still beating, he's gripped my hand. "We do intend on appealing. "The medical opinion presented in court was clear, in that the whole concept of 'brain death' is now discredited," she said.

The life-support treatment of a 12-year-old boy who suffered "catastrophic" brain damage should stop, a High Court judge has ruled.

She added: “I feel sickened that the hospital and the judge have failed to take the wishes of the family into consideration. “I find that irreversible cessation of brain stem function has been conclusively established. This is believed to be the first time that someone has been declared ‘likely’ to be dead by an MRI test. I know of miracles when people have come back from being brain-dead." Until it’s God’s way I won’t accept he should go. I will not give up on my son."