Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
I'm speaking from my heart as a mum and grandmother . Maybe from ignorance in the eyes of some but I believe the doctors and specialists do their absolute best for sick children and remember they vowed to do all they can to save life when they took the oath . I don't believe they are light hearted when they say a child isn't going to have a quality of life when they truly feel it may be time to let go . I've never been in this awful situation and hope I never will, who knows how I would react if I was . But surely there comes a time if the child is so poorly and suffering , if they are unable to breath without tubes and machines as heart breaking as it is if you imagine their future life as they grow into teenagers and adults lying in a bed unable to do anything for themselves , is it kind to keep them alive .Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
This is one of those cases where neither side is right or wrong. On the hospitals side they were doing all they could against insurmountable odds to keep the child alive. On the parents side without any medical knowledge did what they thought was the best for the childRe: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
It must have been a terrible time for Alfies parents, but i think in most cases, the doctors know what they're doing, and act in the best interests of their patient. I think they did the right thing to refuse letting the baby leave hospital.Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
This appears to sum up the court case well, and I agree wholeheartedly with the decision of the judge.Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
No I don't think "The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents" because how can parents possibly have the knowledge and experience that the consultants and experts have in these sort of cases. The child must always come before the needs of the parents and I believe that is what has happened. The consultants do not make their decisions lightly and I believe they do their utmost to preserve life, particularly when that life is just at the beginning. We have to trust their judgement IMO.Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
I cannot agree with this report for several reasons.Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
IMO this comes down to who has the right to decide what happens to us when it is deemed we no longer have capacity or in the case of a baby never had it.Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
Considering that this child has been in a vegetative state in excess of twelve months with no sign of any recovery, the decision to remove life support was the correct one. The parents stating that young Alfie was breathing unaided after life support was switched off were clutching at straws in the hope that he might make a miraculous recovery when in fact his days were numbered. Taking the child somewhere else for treatment would not have changed the outcome. The Pope giving false hope and the abusive gangs hovering round the hospital entrance didn't make the situation any easier, and the ambulance chasers encouraging the parents to sue over the child's treatment are the lowest of the low.Re: The Alfie Evans case has proven we have to change the law in favour of parents
In the T.V a child's life I think it was called ( it actually featured Alfie and his parents ) the doctors were speaking about this terrible dilemma .
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