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Life support for Archie Battersbee, 12, should be turned off judge rules

Doctors said life-support treatment should end and Archie should be disconnected from a ventilator

Liverpool Echo · Jun 13, 2022

Judge rules that Archie, 12, is dead and life support should be turned off

Archie Battersbee suffered brain damage in an incident at home in April

Wales Online · Jun 13, 2022

Archie Battersbee: Life support for boy, 12, should be switched off, judge rules

Archie Battersbee is currently on life-support at the Royal London Hospital in East London - a judge heard he suffered brain damage in an incident at home in early April and has not regained consciousness

Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022

Archie Battersbee: ‘Very likely’ boy at centre of treatment dispute is ‘brain-stem dead’, doctors say

A specialist listed a series of concerns about Archie Battersbee, 12, who lost consciousness after suffering brain damage in an incident at his home.

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2022

Parts of treatment battle boy’s brain have died, doctor tells judge

A specialist told Mrs Justice Arbuthnot that Archie Battersbee’s prognosis was ‘very grave’ and his chances of recovery ‘very low’.

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

Results of scans on boy with brain damage may be ‘hard to bear’, judge told

Doctors treating Archie Battersbee think it ‘highly likely’ he is dead and say life support should end, but his parents disagree.

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

Boy at centre of treatment dispute has ‘irretrievable’ brain damage – specialist

The expert told a judge that tests showed that Archie Battersbee had signs of ‘end-point severe global brain injury’.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Family of boy at centre of treatment fight want judge to visit him in hospital

Mrs Justice Arbuthnot is due to make a decision about whether doctors should stop treating Archie Battersbee, 12, after a hearing on June 6 and 7.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Judge set to decide whether doctors can stop treating Archie Battersbee

Mrs Justice Arbuthnot has said she will oversee a final hearing on June 6 and 7.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Hospital bosses want judge to decide on Archie Battersbee’s future within weeks

Mrs Justice Arbuthnot has been told two specialists have attempted a nerve stimulation test on Archie – but ‘no response’ was detected.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022