Sick British Baby Charlie Gard Granted Permanent Residency in US

People gather in support of continued medical treatment for critically-ill 10-month old Charlie Gard, in London on July 6, 2017. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

Connie Yates and Chris Gard, pose for photographers as supporters hold a banner before delivering a petition to Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London on July 9, 2017. (Peter Nicholls/Reuters)

Earlier this week, Dr. Michio Hirano, a professor of Neurology at Columbia University, flew to London to examine Charlie and said he had an 11 to 56 percent chance of “clinically meaningful improvement,” according to the Mirror.

The condition is incurable, but treatment could slow its effects.  

Despite his prognosis, he and a doctor from the Vatican failed to convince doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital after a more than five-hour meeting on Charlie’s chances of improvement.

Charlie’s parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, have been through a four-month legal battle to stop doctors from removing Charlie’s life support.

The parents of critically ill baby Charlie Gard, Connie Yates and Chris Gard arrive at the High Court in London, Britain, July 13, 2017. (Peter Nicholls/Reuters)

People gather in support of continued medical treatment for critically ill 10-month-old Charlie Gard in London on July 6, 2017. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)

 

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