UK parents not allowed to bring dying child to US for treatment
Seems crazy. Is this fake news?
The parents of a critically ill baby in the UK have reportedly been told by a European court that they’re not allowed to privately pay for their son to fly to the United States to receive “experimental treatment” and instead must let him “die with dignity” in a British hospital.
https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2017/06/british-baby-die-hospital/
The parents of a critically ill baby in the UK have reportedly been told by a European court that they’re not allowed to privately pay for their son to fly to the United States to receive “experimental treatment” and instead must let him “die with dignity” in a British hospital.
https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2017/06/british-baby-die-hospital/
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Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Yeah thats what I was thinking.
Quoting any far right or far left site is most like sensationalized fake news. Just because its an article on the internet doesnt make it true.
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Same.
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Same.
Your link. Take anything it tells you with a grain of salt
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Wikipedia covers most of it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Same.
Your link. Take anything it tells you with a grain of salt
Fair enough. I figured someone here from the UK would know something more about this story.
If the information is not true (hopefully it isn't) then I'd love to hear what did happen.
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Wikipedia covers most of it... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil...
Bah I'm not reading all that. Is the story true or not? That is all I care about.
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Doesn't know who Milo is, links article from a website named after him...hmmmm....
Anyways, if anyone is looking for a more even-handed article on the subject: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/terminally-boy-denied-potentially-life-saving-treatment-nhs/
In short: The baby was born with an extremely rare genetic disease that has caused severe neurological and muscular damage. The parents want to bring the baby to the US for an experimental treatment, which the doctor who would perform it even admits has a very small chance of success at prolonging the baby's life. The UK High Court (after being petitioned by the hospital the baby is at) blocked treatment on the grounds that taking the baby off life support to transport him to the US would inflict suffering that outweighs the chance of success the experimental treatment promises.
This is a pretty rough story, I can sympathize with both sides on this matter. I can't imagine what I'd do if I was in their shoes.
Oh, you're the one guy still visiting Milo's website. So much I could say about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut. No politics at NA.
Sorry you lost me. No idea who Milo is.
Doesn't know who Milo is, links article from a website named after him...hmmmm....
Link was in my facebook feed.
Someone else gave me grief about a link to Snopes that I posted because he didn't care for the supposed political leanings of that website.
Never knew debunking urban legends would be such a hot political topic.
Who cares where it comes from? Looking up every website to judge reader input first is way too much work. Either the story is true or not and from what you posted it sounds like it is true.
Sad sorry. In this case I think the parents should have had a say on how it ended.
But back on the topic, I don't see why they don't let it happen, gonna die either way, so what's the harm in attempting a treatment that may actually enable you to recover or provide the world with some more information on the matter.
Lol "die with dignity" That's rich, the world won't let anyone do that yet; gotta suffer until your dead. At least you can euthanize a pet that's horribly suffering. The way I see it it's your body, if you can't choose what you do with it..
But back on the topic, I don't see why they don't let it happen, gonna die either way, so what's the harm in attempting a treatment that may actually enable you to recover or provide the world with some more information on the matter.
This is the line we hear with abortion. It is a woman's body so she has the right. Yet as you say you can't end your own life and I get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt.
All to do with money.
In this case I honestly don't know enough. No idea why they just didn't let the parents do as they please.
To me that does not sound like a hell of an improvement (which is not even assured), and making the baby to travel in those conditions would make him suffer significantly.
Either way, I would have to think about this... sometimes parents even when having the best intentions, may not be at their best in reasoning due to the mental distress... At the same time I don't know if there are established protocols on these situations that are backed up by thorough ethical and philosophical analysis. If a consenting adult could say "hell yes, I want that treatment even if chances are slim and I will suffer", no doubt, he is on his right to do so. But with an 8 month old baby, I don't know.
http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/charlie-gard-baby-suffer-taken-12838849
Lol "die with dignity" That's rich, the world won't let anyone do that yet; gotta suffer until your dead. At least you can euthanize a pet that's horribly suffering. The way I see it it's your body, if you can't choose what you do with it..
But back on the topic, I don't see why they don't let it happen, gonna die either way, so what's the harm in attempting a treatment that may actually enable you to recover or provide the world with some more information on the matter.
This is the line we hear with abortion. It is a woman's body so she has the right.
In abortion's case, it simply is that a fetus has no personhood, so it has no rights.