The parents of a brain damaged seven-month-old baby whose
doctors wish to end his life say he deserves his chance to 'fight for his life'
in a new High Court battle echoing the tragic case of Charlie Gard.
Specialists at King's College Hospital in London say giving
further intensive care treatment to seven-month-old Isaiah Thomas is 'futile,
unduly burdensome and not in his best interests'.
Isaiah's mother Takesha Thomas and father Lanre Haastrup
want treatment to continue...
Miss Thomas said outside the High Court today: 'We believe
that Isaiah deserves his chance to fight for his life and that there is still
more that can be done for him. We do not think it is in our son's best
interests to stop the treatment which is keeping him alive'.
His father Lanre said previously: 'It's like the Charlie
Gard case. They want to end my son's life'.
The couple say they have 'lost all trust' in the hospital,
after Isaiah suffered brain damage, resulting from complications during labour
on February 18 this year.
She said in August: 'I could feel the baby shaking inside of
me. He was inhaling blood'.
Isaiah's 'respiratory drive' was damaged, which means
although he is growing normally he has trouble breathing on his own.
His doctors believe it would be better to let him die but
his parents are refusing to accept he can't be helped.
Today a judge examined preliminary issues around Isaiah's
case at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court on Friday.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4956148/Doctors-ask-High-Court-let-end-baby-s-life.html
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