Alfie Evans' parents claim they're 'giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to keep him alive' after life support withdrawn
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The parents of seriously ill Alfie Evans claim they have had to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to keep him alive after his life support was withdrawn.
Alfie's father Tom made the sensational claim to reporters gathered outside Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool tonight.
He also claimed that the Court of Appeal was willing to listen to the case again - just hours after a High Court judge rejected the family's last-ditch appeal to take Alfie for treatment in Italy.
He told reporters: "The court has reached out to us and said it can set aside three judges tonight to hear his case again.
"It means there is a chance that Alfie could be in Italy tomorrow night if we are allowed back in court."
Tom also revealed the desperate fight the family had to keep Alfie alive after his lips turned blue.
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He said: "Both Kate and I had to give him mouth to mouth resuscitation to keep him alive because his lips turned blue.
"We were doing what a nurse should have been doing to sustain his life.
"Now they are saying that he looks really good but we all know he should be in Italy right now.
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"In the earlier court hearing the doctors were saying they were scared of the protesters but we have police officers with tasers around Alfie's room.
"Now they are saying we might be able to take Alfie home but I am going to keep on fighting for him.
"The doctors said he would die within five minutes of him being taken off a life support machine but he is here 22 hours later still fighting.
"He is making vocal noises and he is breathing. I am not going to give up on him."
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This evening a statement from Alder Hey said: "This evening the High Court again ruled that it is in Alfie’s best interests to continue with the end of life care plan developed by the clinical team who have cared for him throughout.
"Our top priority therefore remains in ensuring Alfie receives the care he deserves to ensure his comfort, dignity and privacy are maintained throughout. This includes working closely with Kate and Tom as they spend this precious time together with him.
"We would be grateful if respect and consideration is shown to all our staff, patients and families at the hospital at this difficult time."
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At an emergency hearing earlier today a heartbroken doctor said hospital staff have "genuine fear" over the hostility shown towards them.
The hearing in Manchester was a last-ditch plea by Alfie's parents to send him to Italy.
While the judge rejected the appeal he did suggest that bringing Alfie home could be another option.
Staff said it could take three to five days to move a patient but the current hostility would make it "impossible".
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Alfie has been at the centre of a life-or-death treatment battle, with his parents, Tom Evans and Kate James, trying to stop his doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool from withdrawing life support in a six-month dispute which has seen a series of court battles.
A "last-ditch appeal" by the Italian ambassador and the Pope, to grant Alfie citizenship of Italy to take him for treatment at a hospital in Rome, failed on Monday.
Mr Justice Hayden described the 23-month-old at the centre of a life support battle as "courageous" and a "warrior", but said the case had now reached its "final chapter", he told a High Court hearing in Manchester.