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Saturday, July 8, 2017

An excerpt from an article By Zoe Papadakis


 

There's new hope for Charlie Gard, the critically ill British baby championed by President Donald Trump. The 11-month-old now has been welcomed at a leading New York City hospital.

New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center offered to treat him with an experimental drug.

Charlie suffers from a rare and fatal genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome. European courts ruled that he be taken off life support pending no effective treatments for his condition, noted The New York Times.

Chris Gard and Connie Yates had revealed their intentions to take their son to the U.S to receive experimental therapy, but this was denied to them.

The case immediately gained global attention and received the support from President Donald Trump as well as Pope Francis, with both offering to help the family.
To add my own comment, the denial of medical care by the British Medical Group (read that as government-run medical care similar to what the democrats want here in the U.S.) is a perfect example of bureaucratic adherence to rules with no regard for human need.

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