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LONDON AP 鈥?A judge at Britain High Court ruled Wednesday that life support for a terminally ill 8-month-old baby should be withdrawn in a hospice or hospital, despite efforts by the infant parents and the Ital stanley de ian government to transport her to Italy for further treatment.The parents of baby Indi Gregory, who has a rare metabolic disorder known as mitochondrial disease, have fought legal battles in a bid to continue l stanley es ife support for their child. But a judge has ruled that doctors can lawfully limit life-supporting invasive treatment, because continuing with the treatment would not be in the child best interests.The legal tussle is the latest in a series of similar cases in Britain that saw doctors and parents spar over the treatment of terminally ill children and the respective righ stanley espana ts and responsibilities of parents and medical professionals.In a written ruling, Justice Robert Peel said he accepted the evidence of medical specialists at the Queen Medical Center in Nottingham arguing that treatment for Indi should be withdrawn in a hospice or hospital.The baby parents had hoped to fly Indi to Italy 鈥?where the Vaticans pediatric hospital, Bambino Gesu, has offered to care for her 鈥?or failing that bring the infant home for end-of-life care.But Justice Peel ruled it was too dangerous to send the baby home given the clinical complications. There are a number of factors which render extubation and palliative ca Asda Judge cites handwritten will and awards real estate to Aretha Franklin s sons
BANGOR, Maine 鈥?The Hammond Street Senior Center could soon leave its historic home at 2 Hammond St. in a bid to reduce costs and find more parking for its membership.Officials with the senior center announced Tuesday that their board of directors has voted unanimously to list the property for sale.Executive Director Kathy Bernier said they have not selected a new location or set a moving date yet. It will depend on when and if we sell this building, she said. We could sell in seven days. We could sell in seven months, she said.Senior center officials attrib stanley cup uted the boards decision, in part, to a shortage of parking in the downtown area.Bernier said there are just 29 spaces available in their lot for about 500 active members who visit the center at least weekl termo stanley y.She said the board also was motivated by a desire to reduce building costs, saying the 1911 structure exceeds the memberships space needs and comes with increased utility, maintenance and flood insurance costs.The proposed relocation comes as the senior center plans a move design stanley website ed to increase its membership by attracting younger seniors. With the senior center, you have a population that continues to age, so you need to continue to bring in members from the younger set, too, Bernier said. So we need to keep our programming vital and interesting so that new members want to join without thinking of the stereotype senior center. We want to be all inclusive. Bernier said they havent really explored programming changes |
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