Overview

• The UK Court of Appeal has denied the parents of 8-month-old Indi Gregory, who suffers from a rare mitochondrial disease, the right to remove her life support at home or in Italy, despite the child being granted Italian citizenship and offered treatment at a Vatican hospital.
• Indi's parents had challenged a previous ruling that her life support should be removed in a hospital or hospice, arguing that she should be allowed to have treatment removed at home. However, the court ruled this was no longer possible due to the deterioration in her condition.
• The Italian government had granted Indi citizenship in an attempt to prevent doctors from taking her off life support and allowing her to be moved to Italy for treatment. However, the UK court dismissed the idea that the Italian authorities were better equipped to determine the baby's interests.
• The parents had also sought to take Indi to the Vatican's children's hospital in Rome for treatment, but this request was refused by the UK High Court, which ruled it was in the baby's 'best interests' to be taken off life support.
• The case has sparked international attention and controversy, with the parents and their supporters arguing that the decisions made by the UK courts and medical professionals are denying Indi the chance for potential treatment and care in Italy.