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Alfie Evans.
Did you ever see a sadder story than this?
There will be no winners in this, not the parents, not the hospital, not the boy.
Saddest thing ever.
Here's the latest;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-43904809
Just imagine how his parents must feel, ditto how the hospital feels.
If you were King for a day, what would you do? Obv, making Alfie better would be best, but I fear that ain't gonna happen. So, make a decision.
Comments
So sad for the parents, who, like anyone would, are striving for what they think is best for their family. Sad also for the staff at Alder Hey hospital, who work tirelessly in what they also believe is in the best interests of all their patients.
I don't know who the protesters outside the hospital are, or much about what they are doing there. It just doesn't sit right, that a constant police presence is needed to ensure the safety of the hospital and it's staff.
Agree with every word of that.
The protesters - perhaps well meaning - need to remember "time & place" imo. The time is not now, & the hospital is not the place.
IMO, of course.
As previously said, no winners.
Alfie won't survive long. If he does survive for any length of time, then not only is he going to have no quality of life, but it then means people will argue that "Well the courts were wrong that time when we said Alfie wouldn't survive so you have to throw good money after bad to keep my child alive".
It makes no sense to keep terminally ill children alive indefinitely at great expense to the benefit of nobody in return for zero quality of life, while also having increasingly long waits for NHS treatment and not spending money on paying doctors and nurses the money that they deserve
How many millions have been thrown at this case in legal fees, hospital care, police outside the hospital etc? Would have been much better off going towards improving doctors/nurses' pay, or invested into somewhere that we can actually make a difference to the prognosis for other people.
(Note: I'm fine with £ being spent on palliative care, obvs. That's totally different.)
Last I saw, the father was being an idiot and threatening to sue the doctors, too. So that's even more NHS money that's going to waste on defending that. Smh.
Alfie died overnight.
No more suffering for the lad. It sounds cruel to say it, but it's a merciful release really.
RIP Alfie.