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24th July 2017
03:48pm BST
Charlie’s parents’ lawyers say the long-running legal battle means that “it was no longer in Charlie’s interests” to keep him on a ventilator.
Mother, Connie Yates, said of the couple’s decision to take legal action:
“We only wanted to give him a chance of life,” and said the proceedings had resulted in a “whole lot of time being wasted”.
The family’s legal representation told the high court:
“For Charlie, it’s too late, time has run out, the irreversible muscular damage has been done and the treatment can no longer be a success. “Charlie has waited patiently for treatment. Due to delay, that window of opportunity has been lost.”The decision to take Charlie off a ventilator was made after he was assessed by Dr Michia Hirano, a US professor of neurology, who concluded that the treatment was no longer an option for the baby.
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