Archie Battersbee’s family will now fight to have him moved to a hospice, after their latest legal bid was rejected.
Mum Hollie Dance said she felt ‘absolutely deflated’ following the decision last night by the European court not to intervene.
The spokeswoman branded it ‘completely barbaric and absolutely disgusting that we’re not even allowed to choose where Archie takes his last moments’.The youngster has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother on April 7, and is being kept alive by a combination of medical interventions, including ventilation and drug treatments, at the hospital in Whitechapel, east London.
UK Supreme Court judges have previously said they have ‘great sympathy’ with Archie’s parents but added there is ‘no prospect of any meaningful recovery’.The family spokeswoman said a hospice has agreed to take him, adding: ‘Hospices are well and truly designed for palliative and respite care.
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