What happened?
Two British parents are asking the High Court for permission to take their daughter to Italy, after a dispute with doctors over her condition.
Tafida Raqeeb has been in a coma since February 9, after suffering a burst blood vessel in the brain. Two doctors at Genoa’s highly respected Gaslini Children’s Hospital have offered to care for her.
Why was it under-reported?
The story is very similar to the cases of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans: they were declared by doctors to be beyond help, just as five-year-old Raqeeb is believed to be by doctors at the Royal London Hospital: the doctors claim that “further invasive medical treatment is futile”, according to their NHS Trust.
