2023-11-06 19:43:29
The Government of Italy granted him this Monday, as a matter of urgency, Italian nationality to an eight-month-old English baby affected by a mitochondrial pathology considered incurable so that receive treatment in a hospital in Romesince it had been denied in the United Kingdom.
The Executive’s decision was made to prevent British doctors from disconnecting her and allow his transfer to Rome, since the High Court of London refused to continue life-sustaining treatment to which the girl was subjecting her, Indi Gregoryat the Queen Medical Center in Nottingham (United Kingdom).
The Minister of Family, Birth and Equal Opportunities, Eugenia Roccella, noted in a publication on her Facebook page that “Life and death are not equivalent optionsand much less can they be for the State” and that “making Indi our fellow citizen is the most effective way to demonstrate it.”
For his part, the family’s lawyer, former League senator Simone Pillon, thanked in his X account, the EFE agency reproduces, “the Italian Government, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and all the Italian people” on behalf of the relatives of the eight-month-old baby and pointed out that They will work to “remove all obstacles and bring her to Rome soon”.
They say there isn’t much hope for little Indi, but until the end I will do what I can to defend her life. And to defend the right of her mother and father to do everything they can for her. pic.twitter.com/3qKghAi1Uh
— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) November 6, 2023
The girl’s parents appealed to the High Court in London to be allowed to take her to Italy for treatment and it is currently unknown when the Court will rule on the matter.
The cost of the minor’s possible transfer to Rome would be borne by the family, while hospital expenses at the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome would be covered by the Italian State, according to local media.
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