The family of a comatose boy who have fought to prevent doctors from ending his life-support treatment have filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a hospice.
Archie Battersbee's parents announced the move after the European Court of Human Rights late Wednesday rejected a request to intervene in the case following a series of rulings by U.K. courts that backed doctors who said further treatment was not in the 12-year-old's best interests because he is brain dead.The family is now seeking permission to move Archie from the Royal London Hospital in east London to a hospice.
The dispute is the latest U.K. case pitting the judgment of doctors against the wishes of families. It is common for British courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on the treatment of a child. In such cases, the best interests of the child take primacy over the parents' right to decide what they believe is best for their offspring.
Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs the Royal London Hospital, said it understands the motivation behind the family's request but a previous High Court ruling requires that Archie remain in the hospital while his treatment is ended. The boy's condition is so unstable that moving him would hasten the deterioration of his condition, the trust said.
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