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THE family of a critically ill baby have been dealt a heartbreaking blow after a judge ruled her life support can be removed tomorrow. Seven-month-old Indi Gregory has mitochondrial disease, an inc…

THE family of a critically ill baby have been dealt a heartbreaking blow after a judge ruled her life support can be removed tomorrow.The youngster also has a hole in her heart and had operations on her bowel and skull soon after she was born in February.

Indi's parents had been planning to move the baby to Rome where Italian medics had offered her treatment. Mr Justice Peel ruled a move to Italy would not be in Indi's best interests and Court of Appeal judges backed that decision. Dean and Claire had argued at the High Court that their daughter had "proved everyone wrong" and "needed more time".bosses begged judges to rule they could lawfully limit treatment as keeping the "dying" baby on a ventilator would "prolong matters".In his judgment, he said the devotion Indi's family was "palpable" and their pain "almost unimaginable".

 

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