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UK hospital on lock-down as protesters threaten raid to help toddler taken off life support and barely clinging to life

April 26, 2018

A Liverpool hospital is on lock-down as police protect the building from a rumoured raid by protesters supporting critically ill toddler Alfie Evans who is barely clinging to life after doctors decided to turn off his life support.

A court ruling yesterday saw the 23-month-old banned from flying to Italy for last-ditch treatment after his desperate family appealed for help.

The Sun reports that protesters gathered outside the Alder Hey Hospital have been blocked by a police presence as they fear the demonstrators will attempt to break into the facility to try and get aid for Alfie.

Tom Evans told The Sun he and Alfie's mum Kate have been forced to help Alfie's breathing with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after "his lips turned blue".

Addressing media outside Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool today, Alfie's heartbroken father Tom said: "We were doing what a nurse should have been doing to sustain his life.

"Now they are saying that he looks really good but we all know he should be in Italy right now."

The family have vowed to fight on for their son's cause.

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