The 100-Year Life Health Education and Government
Indi Gregory was born on 24 February 2023 with mitochondrial disease – a condition passed on genetically which medical professionals say is incurable. On Monday, shortly before 2am, Indi died after her life support was removed. Over the eight months of her life she was at the centre of a legal battle between her parents and the NHS over prolonging her life – a battle that pulled in Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the Pope. Health specialists from the Nottingham hospital where she was being treated argued that her treatment was causing pain and was futile; her parents disagreed. Ultimately the UK’s Court of Appeal found on Friday that it was in the infant’s best interest to have her life support removed in a hospice or hospital, a decision her parents said left them “angry, heartbroken and ashamed”. Indi’s family was supported by the Christian Legal Centre, which works with Christian Concern. Both are organisations that – as Tortoise reported earlier this year – frequently step in to act on behalf of families told their critically ill children’s life support should be removed.