Do people really think the best intentions for Charlie Gard and his parents is to threaten harm towards the nurses and staff of the GOSH Hospital, where in your mind do you think by making threats it will change anything? Yes it’s an emotional story that you have no connection to, so stop – PB/TK
Charlie Gard Hospital Says Staff Have Received Death Threats – B
The British hospital treating terminally ill baby Charlie Gard said Saturday that its staff has been subjected to abuse and even death threats in the controversial case.
“We fully understand that there is intense public interest, and that emotions run high,” said Mary MacLeod, the chairman of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
“However, in recent weeks the GOSH community has been subjected to a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance. Staff have received abuse both in the street and online. Thousands of abusive messages have been sent to doctors and nurses whose life’s work is to care for sick children,” she said in a statement. “Many of these messages are menacing, including death threats.”
Doctors at the hospital had advised that life support efforts for the 11-month-old, who is unable to move his arms or legs or breathe unaided, should end and that further therapy would cause more suffering. The boy’s parents are fiercely opposed and want Charlie to get help in the U.S.
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