Europe in the 21st century, ladies and gentlemen:
A baby has been denied a transfer from an English hospital, which has decided to remove her life-support treatment. Indi Gregory is being treated at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, and the city's NHS Trust argued [t]his life support should end.
The eight-month-old girl has a rare mitochondrial disease and her parents have maintained that despite her disability, she is a happy baby who responds to their touch.
Well, they're just the parents, right? What do they know? They're living in a socialist medical system, after all. The people cutting the check know better than them. After all, death is more compassionate than doing everything we can to fight for life, right?
[Heavy sarcasm there, ladies and gents. This stuff guts me.]
Here is some video of Indi (the video itself seems to be cut from the BBC and other outlets by one of those robo-news accounts on YouTube):
Just to make sure there were no outs here, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the decision "cannot be appealed against to the Grand Chamber or any other body."
Andrea Williams, the chief executive of the Christian Legal Center, said the family has "given their all to contend for [Indi's] life, as has the Christian Legal Centre. It is disturbing and sad that they have had to go through such trauma. We stand with them."
"To us she is everything," Indi's father said, "and we will do everything we can to help until the end, as it is our duty as parents to protect her."
The parents have stayed true to that promise after a hospital in Rome reportedly offered to transfer Indi into their care.
Mr Gregory said in a statement released through the centre that he had received a letter from the Italian hospital's president.
"We have been given a real chance by the Bambino Gesu Paediatric Hospital for Indi to get the care she needs and to have a longer life," Mr Gregory said.
He added: "We are amazed and truly grateful to the hospital and the Italian government, which has restored our faith in humanity.
"We are now begging doctors at the Queen's Medical Centre and the lawyers representing the trust to work with Indi and us to secure her transfer to Rome."
The father's statement continued: "Indi deserves the chance for a longer life. We cannot force the NHS and courts in this country to care for Indi but together we can give her a chance with a truly amazing treatment plan in Italy.
Tragically, the British hospital doesn't seem interested in helping.
Later on Monday afternoon, Christian Concern said the NHS hospital where Indi is being treated was not cooperating with the possibility of moving the child to Italy for treatment.
In a statement, the campaigners said: "Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has today resisted plans that would allow the parents of Indi Gregory to take their daughter for specialist treatment at a leading paediatric hospital in Italy."
Here is the GoFundMe for this family.
Prayers for Indi... and for all of Europe.
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