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Charlie Gard: No agreement over where baby moved for final days | Charlie Gard: No agreement over where baby moved for final days |
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Hospital bosses and the parents of terminally-ill Charlie Gard have been unable to reach an agreement about where he will spend his final days. | |
Connie Yates and Chris Gard had asked to be allowed to take their son home to die after ending their legal case. | |
For practical reasons, Great Ormond Street Hospital said a hospice was the most appropriate place to care for him. | For practical reasons, Great Ormond Street Hospital said a hospice was the most appropriate place to care for him. |
Mr Justice Francis said a decision must be reached by 12:00 BST on Thursday or Charlie would be taken to a hospice. | |
A specialist doctor has volunteered to care for the terminally-ill baby in a hospice, the family's lawyer Grant Armstrong told the court. | |
Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London had also volunteered to help care for Charlie. | |
His mother wanted Charlie to spend a week in the hospice before he died, Mr Armstrong said. | |
However, the family had not been able to find an intensive care specialist, which the hospital had said was "essential" for Charlie's care, he said. | |
Mr Justice Francis said the name of the hospice and when Charlie was admitted would remain private. | |
He said he hoped all parties could reach an agreement otherwise Charlie would be moved and his life support treatment ended soon after that. | |
On Monday his parents ended their legal fight to take Charlie to the US for experimental therapy on the advice of the US doctor who had offered the treatment. | |
Mr Gard said his "beautiful" son was not expected to live to see his first birthday on 4 August. | |
Charlie has encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. He has brain damage and cannot move his arms or legs. | |
Charlie Gard: Timeline of parents' legal battle |