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DPA
London
The British hospital treating Charlie Gard, a sick 10-month-old whose parents were legally blocked from taking him to the US for a treatment trial, has asked a court to re-examine the case to consider new evidence.
"Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has today applied to the High Court for a fresh hearing in the case of Charlie Gard in light of claims of new evidence relating to potential treatment for his condition," the hospital said in a Friday statement.
The infant, widely known as Baby Charlie, suffers from a rare condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage.
Specialists at the London hospital had previously said a therapy proposed by US doctors and parents Chris Gard and Connie Yates for the infant was experimental and would not help, and that life support for the child should be stopped.
British and European courts had upheld lower court rulings that the infant's life support should be ended so that he could die with dignity.
"Two international hospitals and their researchers have communicated to us as late as the last 24 hours that they have fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment," the statement said, adding that it had informed Gard and Yates.
"We believe, in common with Charlie's parents, it is right to explore this evidence," the statement added. What is best for Charlie"has not changed," the hospital said.
Prime Minister Theresa May declined to intervene in the case earlier this week after US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis both offered to help the family.
