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Archie Battersbee treatment should stop, judge rules
Treatment for a brain-damaged boy
in a coma should stop, a judge has ruled.
Archie Battersbee, 12, was found unconscious
at his home in Southend, Essex, on 7 April.
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's mother Hollie Dance said she
was "devastated" and the family planned to appeal.
The court previously heard that Archie suffered
brain damage during an incident at home,
which his mother believed may
have been related to an
online challenge.
He has not regained consciousness since.
Archie's mother, and his father Paul Battersbee,
disagreed with the hospital and have been
supported by the Christian Legal Centre
campaigning organisation.]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-61731843