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Great Ormond Street Hospital

hospital · in 3 sources (2017–2018)

Sources by year: 2017: 2 · 2018: 1

Also known as: great ormond street

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Best interests (6) · Charlie Gard case (6) · Medicine interview (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

  • 2018-01-27 · Charlie Gard - Medical Ethics and Law — Abi 5A9Ae87434: Abi says an American doctor offered Charlie Gard an experimental treatment; his parents wanted to fly him to the US, Great Ormond Street Hospital said this was not in his best interests, and a court battle followed. — 00:00:58
    • Ali says the Charlie Gard case hinged on his best interests: Great Ormond Street Hospital, backed by many experts, held that continued or experimental treatment was not in them, while his parents wanted to give him a chance. — 00:01:58
    • Ali says the judge agreed with Great Ormond Street's experts that the evidence was not there, so the best-interests decision was against the experimental treatment and for withdrawing Charlie Gard's life support, as each day meant suffering. — 00:07:29
    • Ali reads Great Ormond Street Hospital's statement saying that since the first hearing in March 2017 it held every day was not in Charlie Gard's best interests, that two international experts believed they elicited a pain response, and that his relationship with the world had been one of suffering. — 00:15:43
    • Abi 5A9Ae87434: Abi says the staff caring for Charlie Gard faced an unprecedented amount of media attention and real abuse. — 00:16:42
    • Ali says Great Ormond Street Hospital agreed it would have provided the treatment regardless of cost had it thought it in Charlie Gard's best interests. — 00:18:32
    • Ali personally believes it was right to withdraw Charlie Gard's medical treatment. — 00:22:49

2017