Barts Health NHS Trust has said the treatment will end at 11am tomorrow unless the family apply to the High Court by 9am to move him to a hospice
The trust said it"continues to put
"Hospices are well and truly designed for palliative and respite care. Archie is now obviously on palliative care, so there is no reason whatsoever for him not to take his last moments at a hospice.The child has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother at home in Southend, Essex, in April.
But his family have insisted the treatment should continue, saying the youngster's heart was still beating, and he had gripped his mother's hand.
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