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Essex,8 mins

"He needs more time."

Sonia Watson

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The family of a 12-year-old boy with brain damage are waiting for a High Court judge to decide if his life-support treatment should continue. Archie Battersbee was found unconscious at his home in Southend, Essex, on 7 April. Doctors at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel in east London said he was "brain-stem dead" and his life-support should end. Archie's parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee disagree, with Hollie telling 麻豆社 Essex that her son "needs more time". The result is expected to come from the High Court on Monday 13 June.

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