British boy dies after life support ended after long legal battle between his parents and doctors

Archie died at the Royal London Hospital at 12:15 p.m. local time, a few hours after doctors stopped using artificial respiration to keep him alive, Dance told reporters, adding that she was “so proud to be his mother.” “.

“Such a beautiful little boy, and he fought to the end,” she said.

Dance said the hospital had made it clear that there were no more options and that the ventilator would be withdrawn Saturday morning.

The 12-year-old had been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother Dance in April. According to the British news agency PA, he was kept alive through a combination of medical interventions, including artificial respiration and drug treatments.

Doctors eventually concluded that the boy was “brain-stem dead,” leading his family to fight a legal battle over preserving his life-sustaining support in the hopes that he would recover, PA reported.

According to PA, the family has made bids in recent days with the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and the European Court of Human Rights to have him transferred to a hospice.

“Archie Battersbee died on Saturday afternoon at the Royal London Hospital after treatment was discontinued in accordance with the court’s rulings on his interests,” a court spokesman said. pronunciation by Alistair Chesser, chief medical officer at Barts Health NHS Trust, read Saturday.

“Members of his family were present at the bedside and our thoughts and heartfelt condolences remain with them at this difficult time,” the statement added.