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Hello there!

How are you? I hope, you’re fine :)

Today I’m going to touch upon the subject of death, especially the right to die. It seems to be one word, but how much sorrow and suffering in it. When the question of life and death arises, particularly when somebody's destiny is decided by others, the first thought that comes to mind is "God forbid to face it yourself." But, unfortunately, no one is immune from this.

Yesterday I’ve read an article dated 28 April 2018 about Alfie Evans, two-years-old boy, who was for one and a half years in intensive care in a semi-vegetative state because of a progressive neurodegenerative disorder which had so corroded his brain that, in the words of high court judge, Mr Justice Hayden, a recent MRI scan showed “a brain that had been almost entirely wiped out”.  British doctors, contrary to the requests of parents and the whole demonstration in support of Alfie at the gate of the hospital, disconnected him from the ventilator by the high court of Great Britain.

In Alfie’s case, some doctors from multiple(=different) countries have all agreed that his illness is irreversible, progressive and terminal. “Withdrawal of care is therefore neither killing nor murder, but enables him to die with comfort and dignity(достоинство).”

So, the high court of GB, relying on the law and the opinions of medical professionals, decided not to torment(не мучить) the child and give him peace.

However, the English doctors made a mistake: the boy lived in the hospital without support for five days instead of five minutes.

Alfie could have been accepted and treat further in Italy. And it was not about the money: the British clinic didn’t have to pay for anything. Polish doctors were ready to send a plane for the boy, the Pope(Папа Римский) personally received father Alfie and blessed him to fight for his son.
From the British needed only to say “Let it be”, as John Lennon once said.

The boy's parents twice applied to the Supreme Court for permission to take the boy from the hospital.  The court twice refused to parents, guided by interests of the boy.

Perhaps the disease was indeed incurable, and transportation with further treatment would only be flour for him. But maybe there was a chance. We'll never know.

In my opinion, they should’ve given this family a chance, because there were many opportunities to do it and fight for the life of a little boy.

Rest in peace, Alfie.

You can read more about this tragedy here.

By the way, I’m interested in your opinion about it. Do you think the court made right decision in this case or not?

There are some words which I hope you will find useful:

• a semi-vegetative state - After the car accident, John was in a vegetative state. (кома)
• to corrode - Continuous failures destroy the person both morally and physically. (разрушает)
• a MRI scan - She hit her head hard yesterday, so she should get a MRI scan today. (томография)
• to wipe out - So they are trying to wipe out this virus completely. (уничтожить)
• a withdrawal of care - These women had a conversation about withdrawal of care because there are no positive changes in the patient's condition after so much time. (отказ от ухода/отключение жизнеобеспечения)

Thank you for reading! I await your opinions on this matter.