Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Fight over fatally ill US toddler

A Texas mother is going to court in one last attempt to stop a hospital from turning off her child's life support. Seventeen-month-old Emilio Gonzales suffers from a terminal neurological disease and cannot breathe on his own.

His doctors consider further treatment to be futile and potentially painful. Last week they gave his family 10 days to find another hospital for the boy.

But a nationwide search for a new facility has failed, and his mother Catarina wants a judge to intervene.

If the court refuses to prevent the hospital ending Emilio's treatment, his support is likely to be switched off on Wednesday.

Full Story: BBC

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