Application of Archie’s parents to the Minister of Health

The case of Archie Barttersbee and his parents against the system for not wanting to cut ties with him (July 2022)

Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee are hopeless. This Monday the court ruled that doctors could take out archie, who has been suffering from brain damage since last April, despite rejection from his parents. At the time start time test to try to save his son’s life.

East Friday case give turn after more than three months of court battles. It UN I agree to learn that case following an appeal filed by the parents before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and until then a court order prohibiting termination of ties with Archie in a process that could take time.

Despite the small victories that the parents had achieved with UN orders, Hollie and Paul had written to the Minister of Health, demands that avoid disconnection from his son.

“Dear Mr Barclay, you will notice terrible tragedy our family is going through it since our son Archie suffered severe brain damage in April as a result of an online challenge that went wrong.”

We appreciate to doctor and nurses at the Royal London Hospital for the care and care provided to Archie over the past four months,” they continued. “However, I am sorry to say that during that period, we pain and sadness they meet very often aggravated for the actions of two or three leading doctors in the hospital and the management of the Barts Health NHS Trust”.

“Since day one, the family, as well as the treating doctor, have— stressed every day by Trust so surrender a archiewithdraw life support and let him die,” they complained, according to Daily mail.

archie have law where to decision on his life and death, taken up by the NHS and British courts, is checked for organism international from human rights. Speeding up his death to prevent it is simply unacceptable,” they wrote, ending by pleading with the Minister of Health to act immediately to “ensure this doesn’t happen.”

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