Little Indi Gregory, the British newborn suffering from a serious mitochondrial disease, was granted Italian citizenship thanks to the intervention of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government, but she was not transferred to the Bambino Gesù hospital in Rome, where she could have received palliative care and assistance, because the High Court in London decided to disconnect the machines that kept her alive. The news of Indi's death last November prompted anguish and fury among Italian government officials, who expressed solidarity with the Gregory family while criticizing the selection of British judges. Meloni was among the first to intervene, writing on X, "We did everything we could, everything. Unfortunately, it was insufficient. May you rest in peace, little Indi." Indi's death reminded me of previous comparable situations, such as Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, and Isaiah Haastrup, in which parents battled British doctors and judges over the destiny of their sick children. These incidents addressed ethical, moral, and legal concerns concerning the role of the state and medicine in the management of life and death, as well as highlighted discrepancies between countries' health and legal systems.
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