Charlie Gard: Appeal judges rule life support should be withdrawn from sick baby

http://www.standard.co.uk ^ | Thursday 25 May 2017 15:52 BST| | Chloe Chaplain

[BackRoads775]

Chris Gard and Connie Yates want their nine-month-old son Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage, to undergo a therapy trial in the United States.

But specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, where Charlie is being cared for, said the therapy is experimental and will not help. They argued that life-support treatment should stop.

In the High Court last month, Mr Justice Francis concluded that life-support treatment should end and said Charlie should be allowed die with dignity

[Wolfie]

I don’t see how the court could prevent them from coming here for the treatment, or is this a question of who pays for it?

[Gay State Conservative]

A treatment trial in the US.Interesting.

Boston...New York...Baltimore...Rochester,MN...San Francisco.Lots and lots and *lots* of research money in each of those cities...along with the most talented research scientists on earth.

And yet some British judge says "no".

Could it be that the judge was just trying to save the British government some money?

[Nextrush]

If I were POTUS, I would be on the phone to Theresa May about it and expect a quick response or I would go public on it to pressure the UK government in the matter.

[Gay State Conservative]

If I were POTUS, I would be on the phone to Theresa May about it and expect a quick response or I would go public on it to pressure the UK government in the matter.

I'm not so sure.It seems to me that that would constitute "unwarranted interference" in a foreign country's "internal affairs".

After all,we couldn't care less that Britain's government opposes the DP...why should they care what we think about this?

Just sayin'....

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[ozaukeemom]

Maybe, since the parents have raised the moneys for the treatment, President Trump could arrange transportation for the child and his family? Perhaps, have someone offer to provide the transport?

[caddie]

Exactly right.

When the UK made the deal with the devil to found the NHS, they wanted free care, and just hoped against hope that they would be on the short end of the stick like this poor baby. Most are.

The Brits don't care about this kid, in spite of their maudlin newspaper articles to the contrary. As long as their care is free, this kid can just pass away. They collectively decided this sort of thing long ago.

So the clinical research goes on, far more aggressively in the US than the UK, and, the drug/device/technique finally gets hammered out by the Americans and multinational companies.

Then, rest assured that we Americans will pay full price and more, the multinationals will get full price for their work, and the rest of the world will get it all free or at a drastic discount (US taxpayers and working citizens paying what the rest of the world does not.)

Trump is right, we are saps, being taken for a ride by the globalists. They are robbing Peter to pay Paul, and we are the Peters (so to speak). It's got to end.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It sounds like it’s about NHS support. If Americans want to foot the bill why should the UK care?