The parents of Charlie Gard, the 11-month-old British infant whose rare genetic condition has captured the world's attention, said they want to move their son to a hospital in the United States, where he would receive experimental treatment.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates on Sunday delivered a petition to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, where Charlie has remained on life support for months. The petition, which has more than 350,000 signatures, calls for Charlie to be transferred.
“He's our son. He's our flesh and blood. We feel it should be our right as parents to decide to give him a chance at life,” Yates told reporters Sunday, according to BBC. “There is nothing to lose. He deserves a chance.”
If you haven't been following this story it's very sad one that no parent should have to go threw.
This story is a textbook example of why socialized medicine is a bad idea. These parents have raise 1.7 million dollars to keep little Charlie alive but the hospital refuses to transfer him to the United State for treatment. Now the courts have to be involved and they will determine Charlie's fate.
In an open free market health care system these parents could of said fuck you to this hospital and used the money they raised to transfer him to a better hospital with no questions asked but not in UK where socialized medicine is the reality. Since when do hospitals and doctors have more rights than a child's own parents?
No parent should have a court system decide whether or not their child lives or dies. I hope the courts submit to the public's demands and let little Charlie come to the US for treatment.
This case is terrible, I hope many people continue to fight the court on it and contribute to the cause!
Allowing a court to make these decisions for family members, parents in particular, is extremely irresponsible and dangerous. It opens the door to many other rulings such as:
Some would argue that these drains on resources and hopeless causes should be regulated and enforced without emotional baggage. From a purely financial standpoint, they have an argument in a socialized medical system. Which is why, in my opinion, we should not have one. Some of these scenarios may sound terrible right now, but they will sound perfectly reasonable when taxes paying for it are above 50% of income and the care for everyone else is drastically inhibited.
I could continue to list reasons why the state should not be involved in healthcare matters, but I think the point has been made.
Under a non-state healthcare system there will always be doctors and researchers willing to spend time without compensation on patients like poor Charlie. There will always be charities, organizations, and individuals willing to donate financial resources to causes like this.
Appointing government bean counters to make the decisions will end badly for everyone involved, and that's why it is so important to fight for cases like Charlie's tooth and nail.
Most people don't know this but non-profit hospitals in the states are required by law to have charity care where a third or more of the hospital bills are free.
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We definitely need to get the word out.
this is fight for true love. i will pray for them.
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Thanks for sharing this is very sad and just wrong...resteemed
Let's keep fighting as we can to try to help this child.
Thanks for sharing!
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