Charlie Gard

[Blackbriar 8,569]

 

As my final thought on this, the parents should be allowed to take him home, for what remains, and I only hope he dies with some of the dignity that life has denied him !

[tatsblisters 9,728]

Sad case allround and those of us who have been in a similar situation know how devastsating and heartbreaking it is and my own opinion is that the perants of this lad came to the right decision in the end it will be up to them now if they persue any claims against the GOSH i hope they dont tbh.

[Neobliviscaris1776 1,998]

Anyone who thinks that a stranger has the right to decide wether your own child should live or have the opportunity to receive care in some form is mentally ill.

 

What confidence does this give people in the NHS and the justice system?

 

Why anybody would go to a doctor or the NHS unless absolutely necessary is a mystery to me.

[South hams hunter 8,922]

Anyone who thinks that a stranger has the right to decide wether your own child should live or have the opportunity to receive care in some form is mentally ill.

 

What confidence does this give people in the NHS and the justice system?

 

Why anybody would go to a doctor or the NHS unless absolutely necessary is a mystery to me.

why should you be allowed to decide that a poor kid is going to suffer for all their life?

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Anyone who thinks that a stranger has the right to decide wether your own child should live or have the opportunity to receive care in some form is mentally ill.

 

What confidence does this give people in the NHS and the justice system?

 

Why anybody would go to a doctor or the NHS unless absolutely necessary is a mystery to me.

The thing that bothers me is, if the doctors in the uk had already written the poor kid off, why not let them take the parents take him to the US?

 

I sincerely hope that the consultants involved aren't so far up their own arse with a god complex that they refused, to the point of being obstructive, to be proved wrong.

 

Personally, If I were one of the doctors or judges, I'd find it difficult to live with the 'what ifs' after dragging this out to the point of no return.

 

 

 

There's a kid called Alfie Evans in Alder Hey hospital at the moment - the doctors want to switch off his life support despite the fact that he's slowly showing improvement

[neil82 1,080]

Anyone who thinks that a stranger has the right to decide wether your own child should live or have the opportunity to receive care in some form is mentally ill.

 

What confidence does this give people in the NHS and the justice system?

 

Why anybody would go to a doctor or the NHS unless absolutely necessary is a mystery to me.

you should read up a bit on what they have been discussing in the courts before making statements like that, to keep using artificial means to keep the poor lad alive is the wrong move, even the yank doctor who came over after offering treatment agrees with the descision to switch off the machines, to think otherwise points to mental illness in other places

[neil82 1,080]

all you that are shouting to give the baby more treatment want to read this

https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/great-ormond-street-hospital-v-yates-and-gard-24-july-2017/

[Neobliviscaris1776 1,998]

It's all besides the point really.

 

Would you want some else deciding that because your health is poorly, that you should no longer be with us? Of course not.

 

As an adult you can decide for yourself.

 

As a child, your parents are responsible for that decision...no one else.

[kanny 20,602]

I completely agree with the judges, the poor kid has no quality of life and never will. Tbh I think it's cruel they have dragged it out this long, the poor kid should have been given pain killers and left to pass peacefully at birth imo

I've kept out of this topic because its so emotionally charged but I agree with your post it sums up my feelings on the situation.

[Neobliviscaris1776 1,998]

 

I completely agree with the judges, the poor kid has no quality of life and never will. Tbh I think it's cruel they have dragged it out this long, the poor kid should have been given pain killers and left to pass peacefully at birth imo

I've kept out of this topic because its so emotionally charged but I agree with your post it sums up my feelings on the situation.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions of course, but are we also entitled to making the decision wether life is to be taken away? Who has such a right to decide this?

[walshie 2,804]

I don't see it as taking a life away. I see it as not artificially keeping someone alive.

 

No doubt about it, it's a crying shame but what quality of life would the poor kid have mentally and physically disabled?

[Neobliviscaris1776 1,998]

I don't see it as taking a life away. I see it as not artificially keeping someone alive.

 

No doubt about it, it's a crying shame but what quality of life would the poor kid have mentally and physically disabled?

Funny how we're hearing so much about this story towards the end of this situation instead of at the beginning when things first occurred.

 

Has anybody read anything about Ashya King? An incredible story of a parent's efforts to get treatment for their child who had brain cancer.

[Neobliviscaris1776 1,998]

 

 

Anyone who thinks that a stranger has the right to decide wether your own child should live or have the opportunity to receive care in some form is mentally ill.

 

What confidence does this give people in the NHS and the justice system?

 

Why anybody would go to a doctor or the NHS unless absolutely necessary is a mystery to me.

you should read up a bit on what they have been discussing in the courts before making statements like that, to keep using artificial means to keep the poor lad alive is the wrong move, even the yank doctor who came over after offering treatment agrees with the decision to switch off the machines, to think otherwise points to mental illness in other places

How can you say that keeping the child alive is the wrong move? It's incredible how people actually think that they have the right wether someone lives or not. Welcome to 1930s Germany

[The one 8,477]

Its apparently hereditary so did the mother or father knew they carried it and took a chance ?. whats the full story about the wee boys condition is it one in a million or what ??

[dave88 1,565]

 

I don't see it as taking a life away. I see it as not artificially keeping someone alive.

 

No doubt about it, it's a crying shame but what quality of life would the poor kid have mentally and physically disabled?

Funny how we're hearing so much about this story towards the end of this situation instead of at the beginning when things first occurred.

Its been in and out of the news for months