Posted on 04/26/2018 9:17:15 AM PDT by ebb tide
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POLAND, April 26, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A Polish doctor has stated that UK toddler Alfie Evans is not “dying” and is certainly not “brain-dead.”
Dr. Izabela Pałgan, a pediatrician and children’s oncologist from Bydgoszcz in Poland, told Radio Wnet April 25 that in her professional opinion, doctors at Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool where Alfie is being kept are misdiagnosing the boy.
“Doctors at the hospital in Liverpool asked the court to agree to the separation of the infant from life-support, on the grounds that it would be in the 'best interests' of the child. The infant is not a dying child. He is not brain-dead,” she said, as reported by Polish news portal Fronda.pl.
Pałgan said that Alfie’s brain scans do not show that he is in a “terminal state.” They do not, for example, show the state of his brain stem, she said.
“The child reacts to the voice of his father, he periodically opens his eyes, he tightens his mouth around his soother. The parents insist that he is making contact with them,” she added.
Videos taken by the family and posted to Facebook show the toddler yawning, making eye contact, responding to voice, sucking his dummy.
The child, who is lying ill in Liverpool’s Alder Hey children’s hospital, is at the center of a dispute between his parents, the British courts, and the hospital. The hospital and the courts have decided that the child is terminally ill and that it is in his “best interests” to die. His parents, Tom Evans and Kate James, disagree.
Dr. Pałgan claims to have examined Alfie in Britain some time ago at the request of Alfie’s parents. They had asked for second opinions.
A court order had Alfie removed from his ventilator on April 23 just after 9:00 PM. He defied everyone’s expectations by breathing on his own. He has now been breathing on his own for over 60 hours. Parents Tom and Kate have fought every step of the way since this time to secure oxygen, water, and food for their son. They would like to take him for treatment in Italy, but the courts have consistently ruled against that.
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The Polish doctor said that the fact that Alfie can breathe on his own, coupled with his MRI, prove that he is not in a terminal state.
She said it appears that Alfie has been “imprisoned” by the hospital.
“That child is imprisoned there,” she said. “They refused to allow the parents to transfer their child to other hospitals that offered help. It’s a violation of human rights, of the rights to live, the rights of parents. It’s unthinkable.”
The Polish doctor’s comments come two days after a group of UK doctors condemned Alder Hey Hospital for its “medical tyranny.”
“We are deeply concerned and outraged by the treatment and care offered to Alfie Evans,” the doctors wrote.
“Actions such as these have now brought the Alder Hey Hospital to worldwide attention and by extension bring our whole profession into disrepute.”
Stating that “medical tyranny must stop”, the doctors demanded that British authorities allow Alfie safe passage to Rome. They also demand an investigation into Alfie’s doctors’ conduct.
Tom Evans said this morning that his son does not need intensive care and at least should be allowed to go home.
He indicated that yesterday’s court battle, where a panel of three judges upheld previous rulings forbidding the family from taking their son for treatment in Italy, might be the last one.
“We got rejected yesterday to go to Italy unfortunately. We could take it further but would that be the right thing to do, would there be more criticism?” Tom told reporters.
“So what we do today is we have a meeting with the doctors at Alder Hey and we now start asking to go home,” he continued.
“Alfie doesn’t need intensive care any more. Alfie is lying on the bed with one liter of oxygen going into his lungs and the rest is him. Some people say it’s a miracle, it’s not a miracle, it’s a misdiagnosis.”
Cilla Black singing “What’s it all about Alfie.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAuoNa5g6i8
Among the top names for the new royal baby are Arthur and Albert. It would be interesting if they named him after a long ago Saxon king of England, and a son of Queen Victoria by the same name, as it would be a very strong thing to do so, though I doubt they would name the new little one Prince Alfred aka Prince Alfie, kind of like Henry/Harry. It would be seem controversial to some but quite supportive to the rest.
I just cannot understand how it is possible for the British government to MANDATE that the parents cannot take their own child out of the UK (with their lousy "healthcare"), and bring him to whatever country is more than willing to help him live.
How do the parents NOT have the right to their own child in a 'civilized, "free" ' country like Great Britain??
I raised this question the other day. What would happen if the new price was diagnosed the same as little Alfie? Would Kate and Will do everything in their power to help their child? Would the NHS make allowances?
I am sure the child would be flown to the best of the best children’s hospital and treated on the tax-payers dime.
How they justify taking the life of this Alfie is beyond human.
AMEN!! God bless the Poles.
Because it obviously is not a civilized free country. When their socialized medicos say you're going to die, if you start to get better, they will kill you.
My friend, this is what happens when you are a “subject” and not a citizen.
That, plus it is more important that the NHS not lose face, that is more important than this child’s life.
Damn good point!
I guess it's not "their place", but... why the hell don't Will and Kate -- and the Queen herself, and the rest of the royals -- speak up about this abomination (of killing little Alfie)??
The Deplorable Miss Lemon
*Let the baby go, why is that such an impossible request!?*
They (DHS) are making a statement, using this innocent babe as an example, flexing their bureaucratic muscles.
I predict a major backfire...
Again, I’m praying for young Alfie.
Oh I know... my grandparents (who left Ireland in 1907) were subjects of the British Crown. I *thank God* every day they left that despicable place!
That, plus it is more important that the NHS not lose face, that is more important than this child’s life.
You would think that the NHS *would* lose face in the eyes of good British citizens after little Charlie's death, and now the impending death of little Alfie. There are protest groups all over the place in England - including outside Alfie's hospital - outraged about this.
How many children must die at the hands of the NHS before someone over there stops this barbarism?!
Yeah right.
Still... I admire Harry's work with wounded veterans. We know he has a heart. Can he and the royals do nothing to make this right??
British parents have NO right to their own child?? This sounds like the barbarism that goes on in places like North Korea. Or am I missing something here?
That's what I hope! Rise up, British citizens! Don't let another child die at the hands of the NHS.
Is this England or a communist country??
Again, I’m praying for young Alfie.
Amen to that.
Despicable. I see so many magazine covers with the royals plastered all over them. Will NONE of them speak up?? Meghan the American *knows* this would never happen in the U.S.!
Murder in the First Degree. Of a toddler. Adolf Hitler would be proud. I have always loved our British cousins. I cant stand watching them devolve into moral evil.
Are the British cops monitoring this guy?
No that will not happen. The British abandoned God decades ago leaving the final word to the NHS. If the NHS says this child will die the average Brit will say let it be done.
There was an amazing incident a few years ago when a reality show tv star was diagnosed with breast cancer that pretty well advanced. The story came out that the 27 year old woman found a lump and the NHS doctor told her she was too young to qualify for a mammogram.
The young woman accepted that without question as she was so conditioned to accept what the NHS prescribed. She died leaving behind two young children — you or I would go elsewhere for treatment and that is the difference.
My heritage is Irish and English, too. I rarely mention the English half.
Made that propaganda they did for the 2012 Olympic Ceremonies all the more sickening:
While the Doctor is probably right that Alfie was misdiagnosed as brain dead, I am afraid I am going to maintain my personal belief until it is proven otherwise.
I think God has performed a miracle with Alfie Evans, to demonstrate his love and power and show Satan for what he is and how he is working through the British system of socialized medicine.
I am convinced we are watching a miracle.
Tell me that pic is a joke———please!:-)
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