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| Alfie Evans: Judge to decide sick boy's treatment | Alfie Evans: Judge to decide sick boy's treatment |
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| The parents of a seriously ill 20-month-old boy with a mystery condition are in court in a row with medics over life-support treatment. | |
| Tom Evans and Kate James, both 20 and from Bootle, Liverpool, want to take their son Alfie abroad for treatment. | |
| But doctors in the UK say continuing life-support treatment is not in the child's best interests. | But doctors in the UK say continuing life-support treatment is not in the child's best interests. |
| He is in a "semi-vegetative state" with a degenerative neurological condition that has not been precisely diagnosed. | He is in a "semi-vegetative state" with a degenerative neurological condition that has not been precisely diagnosed. |
| Supporters wearing T-shirts saying "release Alfie Evans" are also at the hearing at Liverpool Family Court, which was briefly stopped earlier after Mr Evans broke down in tears. | |
| Despite mediation between the parents and specialists caring for Alfie at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, a two-day hearing at the city's family court will decide the child's fate. | Despite mediation between the parents and specialists caring for Alfie at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, a two-day hearing at the city's family court will decide the child's fate. |
| It follows a preliminary hearing at the High Court in London last year when Mr Justice Hayden said everyone wanted what was best for Alfie, but ruled he would make a decision if agreement could not be reached after hearing from both sides. | It follows a preliminary hearing at the High Court in London last year when Mr Justice Hayden said everyone wanted what was best for Alfie, but ruled he would make a decision if agreement could not be reached after hearing from both sides. |
| Doctors at Alder Hey believe they should stop "mechanical ventilation" for Alfie, who was born on 9 May 2016. | Doctors at Alder Hey believe they should stop "mechanical ventilation" for Alfie, who was born on 9 May 2016. |
| But Alfie's parents hope that specialists at the Bambino Gesu Paediatric Hospital in Rome will be able to pinpoint what is wrong with their child. | But Alfie's parents hope that specialists at the Bambino Gesu Paediatric Hospital in Rome will be able to pinpoint what is wrong with their child. |