{"id":159047,"date":"2022-06-08T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=159047"},"modified":"2022-06-08T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:43:39","slug":"archie-battersbees-parents-final-fight-to-keep-son-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/archie-battersbees-parents-final-fight-to-keep-son-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Archie Battersbee&apos;s parents&apos; final fight to keep son alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Archie Battersbee&#8217;s parents&#8217; final fight to keep son alive: Judge will today hear family&#8217;s closing pleas to stop 12-year-old&#8217;s life support being turned off by medics who say he is &#8216;brain dead&#8217; and his chances of recovery are &#8216;very low&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Parents of Archie Battersbee will make closing plea in High Court today<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Archie, 12, suffered &#8216;catastrophic&#8217; brain damage in incident at home in April<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has not regained consciousness and doctors say his life support should end<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee are fighting to keep him alive\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The parents of a 12-year-old boy\u00a0at the centre of a High Court battle over whether doctors should continue his life support treatment will make their closing pleas today.<\/p>\n<p>Archie Battersbee has not regained consciousness after suffering &#8216;catastrophic&#8217; brain damage\u00a0when he was found unresponsive with a ligature around his neck at his home in Southend, Essex on April 7.<\/p>\n<p>Specialists treating Archie at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London think it is &#8216;highly likely&#8217; that Archie is brain dead and argue that life support treatment should end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee disagree and are fighting to keep him alive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/08\/12\/58826899-10896539-image-m-107_1654689474590.jpg\" height=\"668\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This photo shows Archie Battersbee and his mother Hollie Dance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/08\/12\/58826895-10896539-image-a-106_1654689472229.jpg\" height=\"726\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Undated handout photo of 12-year-old Archie, a keen gymnast<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers representing the Royal London Hospital&#8217;s governing trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, have asked Mrs Justice Arbuthnot to decide what moves are in Archie&#8217;s best interests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giving evidence this week, a specialist\u00a0told the judge about a number of concerns noted by Archie&#8217;s treating team.<\/p>\n<p>She said tests had shown no &#8216;discernible&#8217; brain activity, but revealed &#8216;significant areas of tissue necrosis&#8217;, and added: &#8216;We believe that it is very likely that he is brain-stem dead.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Justice Arbuthnot has heard that Archie suffered brain damage in an incident at home in early April.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/06\/08\/12\/58791139-10896539-Doctors_treating_Archie_at_the_Royal_London_Hospital_in_Whitecha-a-108_1654689488706.jpg\" height=\"615\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Undated family handout file photo of Archie Battersbee\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms Dance has told how she found him unconscious with a ligature over his head in April and thinks he might have been taking part in an online challenge. The youngster has not regained consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers representing Archie&#8217;s family have told the judge that his heart is still beating.<\/p>\n<p>They also say there was an issue as to whether &#8216;the correct procedure&#8217; had been followed, and whether the &#8216;family&#8217;s views&#8217; had been taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>The judge had been told by a specialist at an earlier hearing that the brain stem was responsible for the functions that kept people alive.<\/p>\n<p>A campaign organisation called the Christian Legal Centre is supporting Archie&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing continues.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10896539\/Archie-Battersbees-parents-final-fight-son-alive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archie Battersbee&#8217;s parents&#8217; final fight to keep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Archie Battersbee&amp;apos;s parents&amp;apos; 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