Judge: Baby Charlie Gard will end life in hospice, not home
July 27, 2017
LONDON (AP) — Critically ill baby Charlie Gard will be transferred to a hospice and taken off life support unless his parents and a hospital agree on a plan that could potentially keep the child alive for a bit longer, a British judge ruled Wednesday.
High Court judge Nicholas Francis gave 11-month-old Charlie's parents and the hospital that has been treating him until noon Thursday to come to terms on an end-of-life care plan for the infant's final hours or days.
The baby suffers from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which has caused brain damage and left him una...
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