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Italy grants citizenship to baby girl in Britain to prevent weaning off life support
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Eight-month-old Indi Gregory suffers from a rare mitochondrial disease, which means that her cells do not produce enough energy.
England’s High Court agreed, ruling last month it was in the baby’s “best interests” to be taken off life support, and refusing last week a request from her parents to be allowed to take her to the Vatican’s children hospital in Rome.
Galeazzo Bignami, a junior minister, said the government’s move would allow the baby’s transfer to the Bambino Gesu paediatric hospital, and that without it her life support would have been turned off on Monday.
In a statement after the cabinet meeting, the Italian government said it was committed to cover the costs of medical treatment at the Bambino Gesu, a Vatican-run facility near St Peter’s.
A Bambino Gesu spokesperson had no comment but Christian Concern has released a statement from the president of the hospital confirming that it was ready to accept Indi as a patient.
The case has echoes of one from 2018 when a British court rejected an attempt by the parents of a critically ill 23-month-old toddler to take him to the Bambino Gesu.
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