"UK Judges Uphold Decision to Withdraw Life Support from Critically Ill Baby Indi Gregory"

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"UK Judges Uphold Decision to Withdraw Life Support from Critically Ill Baby Indi Gregory"
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Life-support treatment has been withdrawn from Indi Gregory, an eight-month-old baby girl with mitochondrial disease, after her parents lost their legal battle to continue treatment. The family's appeal to take her home was rejected, and she has now been moved to a hospice. Despite her parents' wishes, judges ruled that limiting treatment would be lawful and in Indi's best interests. Specialists had argued that the treatment she was receiving was causing pain and was futile.

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