Couple lose latest round of baby battle

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A young couple broke down and wept as a judge decided their dying baby’s life support must be switched off – despite the public donating more than £1.2m for experimental treatment in the US. Little Charlie Gard’s ventilation will be stopped so he can ‘die with dignity’ following his diagnosis with a rare life-threatening condition at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Doctors applied to let the eight-month-old pass away after he suffered brain damage following a diagnosis of mitochondrial depletion…

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