A UK judge on Wednesday ordered
doctors to end life support for Indi Gregory, the
eight-month-old British girl with incurable mitochondrial
disease whom the government of Premier Giorgia Meloni made an
Italian citizen in a last-minute bid to fly her to a Roman
children's hospital before doctors pulled her plug, "not before
2pm local time" on Thursday.
The judge ruled that it is not in the child's best interests to
be transferred home either, and that the life-support treatment
must be discontinued in the Nottingham hospital where she is
currently or in a hospice.
Indi's parents have said they will appeal against the decision,
according to Jacopo Coghe, spokesperson for the Italian
association Pro Vita & Famiglia onlus, and lawyer Simone Pillon,
who are following developments from the Italian side.
On Monday Meloni said she would do everything possible to defend
Indi's life and "to defend the right of her mum and dad to do
everything they can for her".
A move to Italy would mean Indi could be kept alive through the
support of machines.
For her case, the Vatican run Bambino Gesu' children's hospital
in Rome had come forward and offered to assist her, as it had
done in the past for two other British children, but in that
case, too, British justice had said 'no'.
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