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The story sounds heart warming, President Bush says he wants to help the parents of a British boy of 10 months old with a terminal illness of which the courts have decided that the machines keeping him alive are allowed to be switched off, even against the wishes of the parents.
The parents wanted the child to go to the US for some experimental treatment but the doctors disagreed and did not see it as in the best interest of the child. So the parents took it to the courts in the UK and lost. After exhausting their UK legal options they went into the EU court and again they lost, the court siding with the doctors.
The child has mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, this means the kid has significantly less mitochondrial dna than regular people. This mitochondrial dna converts food into the cells energy needs. Charlie has not enough of this DNA to keep his muscles, brain and kidneys properly supplied with energy. He needs a tube to eat (cannot swallow) and needs ventilation because he cannot breathe on his own.
In fact, Charlie cannot see, he cannot hear, he cannot make a noise and he cannot move."
The hospital in the US who would want to treat him has had (is said) one other small success which would lengthen the life expectancy. The parents started a go fund me page and raised tons of money but the doctors refused to send him because the UK doctors labelled him as terminal. The parents even had the US doctor come for the court case but he also said that the treatment is unlikely to work. The doctor was quoted in the UK high court ruling in which he was recorded as saying:
But now Trump and the Pope are getting involved. And now I agree that the Pope is free to say whatever he wants, but Donald Trump is waging war with the republicans against the ACA and their proposals would see tens of millions loosing their health care and most likely will cost thousands and thousands of Americans their lives. Now if Obama had made the statement supporting the parents plight I would not have an issue, the same goes with Bush 2, but Trump is causing millions of people to loose their healthcare for a big tax break (mostly for rich people) so for him to make this statement is not proper.
Real people in the US are risking their health care and their health, people will die because of this law, more people than would normally die if the repeal did not happen, why does Trump not save their lives and their health care rather than interfering in the legal process in the UK/Europe?
Trump talks a lot about making America great again (nonsense, it has always been great) but for the life of me I cannot see how taking children in the US out of health care is going to make America greater and I also do not see how this poor child's life is going to get better with the interference of one Donald Trump.
I am going to err on the side of not being a cynical bastard and giving into the idea that this is a PR move, I am going to give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt and believe he is doing this out of true compassion for the child and the parents (even if this compassion might be misguided) but I really wonder what is in it for this child? Not a whole lot IMHO.
Trump offers help to terminally ill U.K. boy - POLITICO
Charlie Gard: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
The parents wanted the child to go to the US for some experimental treatment but the doctors disagreed and did not see it as in the best interest of the child. So the parents took it to the courts in the UK and lost. After exhausting their UK legal options they went into the EU court and again they lost, the court siding with the doctors.
The child has mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, this means the kid has significantly less mitochondrial dna than regular people. This mitochondrial dna converts food into the cells energy needs. Charlie has not enough of this DNA to keep his muscles, brain and kidneys properly supplied with energy. He needs a tube to eat (cannot swallow) and needs ventilation because he cannot breathe on his own.
In fact, Charlie cannot see, he cannot hear, he cannot make a noise and he cannot move."
The hospital in the US who would want to treat him has had (is said) one other small success which would lengthen the life expectancy. The parents started a go fund me page and raised tons of money but the doctors refused to send him because the UK doctors labelled him as terminal. The parents even had the US doctor come for the court case but he also said that the treatment is unlikely to work. The doctor was quoted in the UK high court ruling in which he was recorded as saying:
But now Trump and the Pope are getting involved. And now I agree that the Pope is free to say whatever he wants, but Donald Trump is waging war with the republicans against the ACA and their proposals would see tens of millions loosing their health care and most likely will cost thousands and thousands of Americans their lives. Now if Obama had made the statement supporting the parents plight I would not have an issue, the same goes with Bush 2, but Trump is causing millions of people to loose their healthcare for a big tax break (mostly for rich people) so for him to make this statement is not proper.
Real people in the US are risking their health care and their health, people will die because of this law, more people than would normally die if the repeal did not happen, why does Trump not save their lives and their health care rather than interfering in the legal process in the UK/Europe?
Trump talks a lot about making America great again (nonsense, it has always been great) but for the life of me I cannot see how taking children in the US out of health care is going to make America greater and I also do not see how this poor child's life is going to get better with the interference of one Donald Trump.
I am going to err on the side of not being a cynical bastard and giving into the idea that this is a PR move, I am going to give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt and believe he is doing this out of true compassion for the child and the parents (even if this compassion might be misguided) but I really wonder what is in it for this child? Not a whole lot IMHO.
Trump offers help to terminally ill U.K. boy - POLITICO
Charlie Gard: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
