Archie Battersbee

Archie Battersbee has not regained consciousness after suffering brain damage in an incident at home in April. His mum says he needs more time but ...

One specialist told the judge at a previous hearing that he thought scans showed that Archie had suffered "irretrievable" brain damage and two others said they thought tests showed that he was "brain-stem dead". Archie Battersbee is being treated at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel and doctors believe it is "highly likely" he is dead and say the treatment should end. A dispute over the future of a 12-year-old boy who is on life support will be heard in the High Court today.

Doctors from the hospital team caring for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee from Southend have said they think it is "highly likely" he is brain dead, ...

Two others said they thought tests showed that the youngster was "brain-stem dead". Archie is being cared for at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel - governed by Barts Health NHS Trust - and is at the centre of a dispute because his parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee disagree with doctors that his life-support treatment should end. "The scans, once they are interpreted, paint a picture that may be very hard to bear," she said.

A High Court judge set to make decisions today about the future of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute.

The judge is scheduled to begin overseeing a final hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Monday. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot is due to make her ruling over the dispute about Archie Battersbee from Southend at a hearing today. A High Court judge set to make decisions today about the future of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute.

Archie Battersbee (pictured) is at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute between his parents and bosses at the Royal London Hospital in ...

His family talks to him and plays his favourite song, Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD, along with voice notes from his friends. A specialist today told High Court judge Mrs Justice Arbuthnot that tests show the lower part of Archie's brain stem is significantly damaged and the upper part is also damaged. Parts of a 12-year-old boy's brain have 'died and are decaying', his parents have been told in court, as they fight to stop his life support machine being turned off.

A High Court judge is preparing to make decisions about the future of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute.

A High Court judge is preparing to make decisions about the future of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute The judge is scheduled to begin overseeing a final hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Monday. Judge to make decision on future of Archie Battersbee amid life-support treatment dispute

Parts of the brain of a boy at the centre of a life-support treatment battle between his parents and doctors have died, a specialist told the High Court.

Tests on Archie paint a picture which may be “very hard to bear”, a lawyer representing hospital bosses has told a High Court judge.

One specialist had told the judge at an earlier hearing how he thought scans showed that Archie had suffered “irretrievable” brain damage. “The scans, once they are interpreted, paint a picture that may be very hard to bear,” she told Mrs Justice Arbuthnot. Tests on a 12-year-old boy who has suffered brain damage paint a picture which may be “very hard to bear”, a lawyer representing hospital bosses has told a High Court judge.

ARCHIE BATTERSBEE was involved in a tragic accident at home which left him fighting for life.But what exactly happened and how is he doing? Here's all.

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A 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life support case at the High Court has been found to have suffered 'irretrievable' brain damage.

Speaking last month, some five weeks after the accident, the 46-year-old said: ‘Only a few days ago, he began to open his eyes. A specialist, who cannot be named, told Mrs Justice Arbuthnot the lower part of Archie’s brain stem was significantly damaged, and the upper part also had damage to it. The chances of recovery for a boy with brain damage at the centre of a life support dispute are ‘very low’, a High Court judge has been told.

Doctors treating 12-year-old boy in coma at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, say life-support treatment should end but his parents ...

He said Archie’s prognosis was “very grave” and told the judge that the youngster’s chances of recovery were “very low”. The specialist told Mrs Justice Arbuthnot how tests showed that the lower part of Archie Battersbee’s brain stem was significantly damaged and the upper part was also damaged. arts of the brain of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute have died and are decaying, a specialist has told a High Court judge.

"As a mother my gut feeling tells me my little boy is in there," Hollie Dance told GMB, as a judge prepares to decide if life-support treatment should ...

There was also damage to the upper part, the specialist said. I don't expect that," she said. On Monday, a hospital specialist told the court that parts of Archie's brain had died and were decaying, and that the lower part of his brain stem was significantly damaged.

Parts of the brain of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute have died and are decaying, a specialist has told a High Court judge.

He also said there was an issue as to whether “the correct procedure” had been followed, and whether the “family’s views” had been taken into account. He said Archie’s prognosis was “very grave” and told the judge that the youngster’s chances of recovery were “very low”. He explained the results of recent brain and spine scans to the judge on Monday 6 June. Archie has not regained consciousness in the two months since the accident, and has remained in a coma since he was found. A specialist, who cannot be named, told the judge how tests showed that the lower part of Archie Battersbee’s brain stem was significantly damaged and the upper part was also damaged. Parts of the brain of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute have died and are decaying, a specialist has told a High Court judge.

Parents ask for more time as doctors treating 12-year-old say ventilator should be switched off.

She previously urged the judge to give her son, a keen gymnast, “more time”. “Everyone is in such a rush,” she told the PA news agency. “I’m asking the judge to just give him more time – give him time to fight back. However, lawyers representing the family told the judge that his heart is still beating.

Archie Battersbee, 12, suffered a brain damage injury following an incident at his home in Southend, Essex, on April 7, with doctors treating him saying that ...

“Any patient in intensive care and in particular with the problems Archie has, is incredibly vulnerable to infections,” the specialist today continued. As well as having “significant diarrhoea”, a similar incident had occurred last week where Archie had passed large amounts of water and had been placed on antibiotics due to a suspected infection. Speaking at the Family Division of the High Court in London, the specialist said that despite Archie’s mum showing videos of the 12-year-old grasping her hand, the medical team had not witnessed this response. It is believed that he was taking part in a viral online challenge, and has not regained consciousness since. Barrister Fiona Paterson, who is leading Barts Health NHS Trust’s legal team, asked the specialist whether she believed Archie was brain-stem dead due to the nature of his current condition. Archie Battersbee, 12, suffered a brain damage injury following an incident at his home in Southend, Essex, on April 7, with doctors treating him saying that his life support treatment should end.