Dying boy, 4, makes miraculous improvement after life support is turned off...
after High Court ruled he 'should not be forced to live' READ MORE: Parents lose bid to send disabled son, four, to Italian hospital By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 11:39, 24 September 2024 | Updated: 11:41, 24 September 2024 e-mail View comments A four-year-old whose life support was switched off in April despite his parents desperate pleas has made a miraculous improvement. The boy, who was born with serious disabilities and cannot see or hear, had been kept alive by the machines since 2023, after suffering a serious brain infection which triggered two heart attacks. But his Christian parents lost their High Court bid against King's College Hospital NHS Trust earlier this year to send him to a Vatican-backed hospital in Italy for further treatment.
At the time, the judge ruled the boy, who cannot be named, should not be 'forced to live' as the burden on the child 'far far outweighed the benefits'. Yet in just a matter of months his condition has improved and he has returned home. In April the boy's Christian parents lost their High Court bid against King's College Hospital NHS Trust earlier this year to send him to a Vatican-backed hospital in Italy Mr Justice Poole, who visited the boy in hospital before allowing doctors to stop treatment, has also now reversed his approval on limiting treatment He no longer requires a catheter, receives nutrition through a vein and is .