Liverpool, England, Apr 25, 2018 / 11:49 am
An appeal by the parents of ailing toddler Alfie Evans was dismissed by the UK Court of Appeal Wednesday, leaving the child to remain at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in England.
Tom Evans and Kate James had been appealing to take their son, Alfie, to Italy for treatment, after the child survived the removal of life support, against their will, at Alder Hey Hospital.
"It's disgusting how he's being treated. Not even an animal would be treated this way," Evans said earlier in the day, adding that Alfie is "fighting."
Alfie is a 23-month-old toddler who is in what physicians have described as a "semi-vegetative state" due to a mysterious degenerative neurological condition that doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in London have not been able to properly diagnose. He has been hospitalized since December of 2016.