A British high court judge appears
to have ruled out a request by Alfie Evans parents for the
seriously ill toddler to be taken to a Rome hospital,
journalists in court have reported, according to the Liverpool
Echo.
However, he did ask Liverpool hospital Alder Hey to consider
allowing Alfie to be taken home, the local daily reported.
The judge also criticised some people close to Alfie's
parents, saying them were providing them false hope.
The parents made a fresh legal request for the seriously ill
toddler be transferred to an Italian hospital as the child
continues to fight after his life support was withdrawn late on
Monday.
The government in Rome has granted the British toddler, who
has a serious brain condition, Italian citizenship in a bid to
bring him to Italy and beat British court orders to let him die.
Rome's Vatican-owned pediatric hospital Bambino Gesù has
offered to treat the 23-month-old boy.
Pope Francis appealed for Alfie and met his father last week.
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