Tafida Raqeeb, who was given days to live after a brain bleed five years ago, is now breathing independently, sitting up, and enjoying watching cartoons. Her parents fought for her right to life support, eventually winning a legal battle that allowed her to receive treatment in Italy.
A BRAIN-DAMAGED girl whose parents had to fight for her right to live is breathing without a ventilator, can sit up, and enjoys watching cartoons five years after doctors tried to turn off her life support.was just five when she suffered a bleed on the brain and doctors told her family that she had just days left to live.Pictures from the party show a cake with pictures of Tafida on top and peach balloons for the celebration in the rehabilitation centre where she is being treated.
on a mercy flight after a bitter legal battle with the Royal London Hospital in East London over whether to continue treatment. “When we look back at the journey we’ve been on, it is impossible not to feel overwhelmed with gratitude. “My family and I fought, not just for her life, but for the right to continue her care elsewhere, eventually succeeding in transferring her to Italy.
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