I'm so glad this isn't my decision ..

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Originally Posted by TripleRLtd

So I suppose that you can be so calm and collected with a situation and decison like this? Not be "moved" whatsoever? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
Who is to say this baby is "in pain"? Why and how is this baby "suffering"? This baby just lies there seemingly unaware of her surroundings. I'm sorry, but I see the possibility of a wee life with no feelings or thought, as of yet...sort of like a plant that shifts on its own to face the sun. That is still LIFE! Who here is to say what life is based on with our limited knowledge of life and soul? This baby is bringing LIFE to her parents, whatever shape she is in. That is love and effect/affect...and ONLY life and love can do that. So, is this baby really a nothing with no chance, as the "judge" seems to imply (as well as the NHS)? Or, is this baby something that we cannot understand, and therefore, NOT make choices like this? And now, with modern tech, we can actually prolong this wee life. And LIFE she is!!!! Would I choose life? YOU"RE DAMN RIGHT!!!

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exactly why I said ;

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Originally Posted by GrandDad

well somebody was going to have to sooner or later - one way or another .

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p.s. You have a bad habit of infer'ing other peoples thoughts and feelings like now when no mention was made of feelings or thoughts .

yes its sad that the child has and may have to endure those health problems in the first place let alone the family , I'm not there to know all the details let alone the personel involvement to say what they should do .

The technology is such that two years ago, the baby couldn't have been revived...but that's a whole other argument.

Triple - you do not have access to all the info, just that which is reported. Just because you do not know how a doctor can decide a baby that cannot communicate is in pain, doesn't mean that the doctor cannot.

Another point was brought up: Intensive care cots are limited in number. What about the baby that could be saved with no question about quality of life after treatment who cannot be treated because this baby is using the last available cot.

As bad as it sounds, "sorry we cannot revive your baby because of the lack of resources", try telling the mother in the queue - "sorry your baby could be saved but we don't have a spare intensive care cot".

The fact that it is NHS is not relevant, even in the private sector there are only so many of these specialist cots.