Why can’t they take him out of hospital? What is the law on that there?
Because Charlie is the award of the courts......when the parents first took their plight to the courts ‘the court then is given charge to determine what is best for the child’.... That is the law ‘there’ when there is a difference between hospital and parents in situations such as this.
The court is right saying that to remove Charlie requires a court order...and the family has known this....giving the family citizenship was the first step ....not the end of the matter.
I had similar questions regarding “why not just check him out against medical advice” (the UK NHS allows this and has a form for doing so), and “is/why Charlie a ward of the court”. Turns out that it isn’t directly related socialized medicine (although that adds money pressure)...it has to do with UK child welfare laws. The US has similar laws, but they give more leeway to the parents, but the parents in the US can still be overridden in cases like Jehovah’s Witnesses or Christian Scientists and blood transfusions. In the UK the hospital or doctor can petition the court on behalf of the child and a judge has to make a ruling. In the US they cannot directly do that. For more information see:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40600932