The parents of a critically ill seven-month-old baby girl in Britain are preparing for an appeal after a judge ruled that doctors could withdraw life support.
A High Court judge has ruled that the treatment of Indi Gregory, who has mitochondrial disease, can be lawfully limited as medics at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre have said they can do no more for her.
However, reports the BBC, her parents, Dean Gregory and Claire Staniforth, are to appeal against this.
Mitochondrial disease prevents cells in the body producing energy and the NHS says there is no cure for the disease.
Specialists have said the baby is dying and bosses at the hospital’s governing trust asked Mr Justice Peel to rule that doctors could lawfully limit treatment provided to her.
Barrister Emma Sutton KC, who led Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s legal team, said Indi had an exceptionally rare and devastating neurometabolic disorder, that the treatment she had received caused pain and was futile.
But the little girl’s father said his daughter had “proved everyone wrong” and needed “more time”.
BBC article – Indi Gregory: Parents to appeal after losing baby treatment fight (Open access)
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