| From | Gregory Mertz <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Can we reach 300,000 signatures to save this little girl? |
| Date | August 21, 2019 3:42 PM |
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Dear John,
<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Over 185,000 people have now signed our petition urging the Royal London Hospital to release little Tafida Raqeeb and allow her to travel to Italy in order to receive the medical care which could save her life. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Two specialists from Italy’s leading Gaslini children’s hospital have examined Tafida’s case notes and confirmed both that they are prepared to treat her and that she does not meet the conditions which would lead them to consider turning off her ventilator.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">In an interview with <em>Good Morning Britain</em>, Tafida’s mother described how <strong>Tafida is on the very lowest level required by the ventilator, is able to breathe independently, but still needs support until her lungs become stronger.</strong> Mrs. Begum also described how her daughter is showing signs of brain activity yet is being denied the medical treatment which was promised to the family months ago, namely a tracheostomy which would allow the ventilator to be removed and also a PEG feeding tube until she recovers her swallowing reflex.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Please, if you have not already done so, <strong>consider showing your support for Tafida and her family and <a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >sign the petition and share with your friends and family</a></strong></span><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" ></a><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >.</a></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Tafida is being described as ‘terminally ill’ by the hospital and all of the mainstream media, but this is not the case.</strong></span> This little girl had a critical brain bleed following a rupture of some tangled vessels which will not reoccur as the crisis is over. One brain specialist consulted by the family has said that what Tafida needs is time, as it could take up to a year for some of the connections in the brain to re-establish. It is hoped that with the correct treatment Tafida can be moved into a chair, where she can be taken out and about and given rehabilitative therapy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">The mayor of Italy’s Liguria region, where the Gaslini hospital is based has expressed his support for the family and said that the hospital is waiting to welcome Tafida. Bishop John Sherrington of the UK Catholic Bishops’ conference has also stated that he hopes that international co-operation will be possible. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">After I wrote to you, the family had to endure the agony of being taken to court by the hospital to switch off Tafida’s life support, with less than half an hour’s notice, on the same day that they were applying for permission to take her to Italy. As Tafida’s mother explained, despite their claims, the Royal London have not offered the family any support and the doctors have, at times, displayed a shocking lack of compassion towards the family. </span><br /></p> <p><strong>The</strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><strong> judge has granted an adjournment and a five-day court hearing will take place on September 9th at the High Court in London, which will decide whether or not to switch off Tafida’s life support machine or allow her to travel to Italy</strong> for the treatment she needs. It is outrageous that the NHS is spending huge amounts of taxpayer’s money on legal fees. If they were to let Tafida go, it would not cost them a penny. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Once again, a family’s love for their child is being held against them. Once again, the United Kingdom's National's Health Service and the medical profession are playing God. Once again, a court is deciding whether or not a child’s life is worth living or whether it is in their ‘best interests’ to die. Once again, the world is looking on in horror. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" ><strong>Sign the petition to tell the Royal London hospital to release Tafida and give this little girl a shot at life.</strong></a> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">If you have already signed, thank you! Please help Tafida by sharing this petition on Facebook so others can sign too. The easiest way to share is to click the button below or <a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >here.</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" ><img src="[link removed]" width="200" height="72" constrain="true" imagepreview="false" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Asking friends or family members to sign is the easiest way to increase the impact of your signature. And, our new sharing options make it easy to share on WhatsApp to friends and family and of course very easy to share with your email lists and on social media. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><strong><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" id="" >Click here to view additional sharing options.</a></strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Thank you,</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><em>Gregory Mertz and the entire CitizenGO team</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">P.S. Please see my original action alert below for more information. And, you can see Tafida’s mother explain her case in her own words on Good Morning Britain <a href= "[link removed]" >here.</a> </span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Once again UK doctors have decided to apply to the court to end the life of a sick child against the wishes of her parents. </strong></div> <p style="text-align: center;">Tafida Raqeeb, aged 5, is not 'brain dead' but in a deep coma from which it might take her a year to awaken. </p> <p style="text-align: center;">A children's hospital in Genoa has offered to treat Tafida but the Royal London Hospital are blocking her transfer.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >Sign the petition to Tell the Royal London hospital to release Tafida and give this gorgeous little girl a shot at life. </a></strong></p>
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Dear John,
<p>Once again, in a case that has chilling echoes of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans,<span> </span><strong>doctors in the United Kingdom have made the decision to end the life of a child against her parents' wishes. </strong></p> <p>Little Tafida Raqeeb is just five-years-old and up until February 2019 was perfectly healthy until she lapsed into unconsciousness following a brain bleed and resulting respiratory and cardiac arrest caused by an undiagnosed, yet perfectly treatable, anomaly. </p> <p>Tafida's parents were told to prepare for the worst yet she survived grueling brain surgery. Doctors then performed a brain scan on Tafida in preparation for removing her from the ventilator which revealed that she was not in fact 'brain dead' and that activity was present. </p> <p>The hospital that refuses to recognize the value of her life or the wishes of her family.</p> <p>In this case,<strong><span> </span>doctors are not even willing to let Tafida be taken to another hospital in Italy to receive private care</strong> -- care not funded by the government in any way. They won't even allow that!</p> <p>And, unfortunately, the hospital is going to court to force its death sentence on Tafida.</p> <p><strong><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >Please sign the petition to save little Tafida Raqeeb.</a></strong></p>
<p><span>Tafida's parents, Shelina Begum and Mohammed Raqeeb sought advice from a number of independent neurosurgeons one of whom diagnosed </span><strong>Tafida as being in a<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span> </span></span>deep coma, a fact of which they had not previously been made aware</strong><span>. A senior neurologist assessed Tafida and informed her parents that she was beginning to emerge from a deep coma and needed to be given time to recover - a</span><strong><span> </span>process that could take up to a year. </strong><br /><br />In the first month following her operation, the medical team responsible for Tafida's care seemed to be eager to end her life, repeatedly broaching the subject with her family, before then dropping it. In the next two months, her parents noticed improvements in her condition as she began to open her eyes and move her limbs. </p> <p><strong>No parent should have to be in the situation to fight the government for the right for their child to receive privately-funded life-saving treatment.</strong></p> <p>Sign the petition to help fight for Tafida Raqeeb.</p>
Sign here: [link removed] <[link removed]>
<p><span>Tafida was then transferred to the Royal London Hospital where it was confirmed that she would be given a tracheostomy, which is standard care, and that </span>there was the potential for her to go home where her recovery could continue. <br /><br /><span>In the intervening months, Tafida has suffered a number of setbacks and her parents have been informed a number of times to prepare for her death, but she has fought back every single time, surviving an initial critical period where her death was thought inevitable and three further surgeries. </span><strong>Tafida’s parents feel as though she is not being given enough time to recover<span> </span></strong>and that treatment is being either rushed or withheld.</p> <p><strong>Two experts from the Gaslini children’s hospital in Genoa have stated that they are willing to treat Tafida and that she would not qualify to be removed from life support as she is not brain dead</strong>. The Royal London hospital refuses to concede that there is any hope for her, despite the fact that she is able to swallow and reacts to pain.</p> <p><span>It is only fair that this little girl ought to be given the chance to make a recovery. Just because one hospital does not want to treat her, it does not give them the right to prevent other medics from doing so. </span><strong>Tell the Royal London hospital to release Tafida and give this gorgeous little girl a shot at life. </strong></p>
Sign here: [link removed] <[link removed]>
<p>Thank you,</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Gregory Mertz and the entire CitizenGO team</em></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Over 185,000 people have now signed our petition urging the Royal London Hospital to release little Tafida Raqeeb and allow her to travel to Italy in order to receive the medical care which could save her life. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Two specialists from Italy’s leading Gaslini children’s hospital have examined Tafida’s case notes and confirmed both that they are prepared to treat her and that she does not meet the conditions which would lead them to consider turning off her ventilator.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">In an interview with <em>Good Morning Britain</em>, Tafida’s mother described how <strong>Tafida is on the very lowest level required by the ventilator, is able to breathe independently, but still needs support until her lungs become stronger.</strong> Mrs. Begum also described how her daughter is showing signs of brain activity yet is being denied the medical treatment which was promised to the family months ago, namely a tracheostomy which would allow the ventilator to be removed and also a PEG feeding tube until she recovers her swallowing reflex.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Please, if you have not already done so, <strong>consider showing your support for Tafida and her family and <a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >sign the petition and share with your friends and family</a></strong></span><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" ></a><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >.</a></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Tafida is being described as ‘terminally ill’ by the hospital and all of the mainstream media, but this is not the case.</strong></span> This little girl had a critical brain bleed following a rupture of some tangled vessels which will not reoccur as the crisis is over. One brain specialist consulted by the family has said that what Tafida needs is time, as it could take up to a year for some of the connections in the brain to re-establish. It is hoped that with the correct treatment Tafida can be moved into a chair, where she can be taken out and about and given rehabilitative therapy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">The mayor of Italy’s Liguria region, where the Gaslini hospital is based has expressed his support for the family and said that the hospital is waiting to welcome Tafida. Bishop John Sherrington of the UK Catholic Bishops’ conference has also stated that he hopes that international co-operation will be possible. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">After I wrote to you, the family had to endure the agony of being taken to court by the hospital to switch off Tafida’s life support, with less than half an hour’s notice, on the same day that they were applying for permission to take her to Italy. As Tafida’s mother explained, despite their claims, the Royal London have not offered the family any support and the doctors have, at times, displayed a shocking lack of compassion towards the family. </span><br /></p> <p><strong>The</strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><strong> judge has granted an adjournment and a five-day court hearing will take place on September 9th at the High Court in London, which will decide whether or not to switch off Tafida’s life support machine or allow her to travel to Italy</strong> for the treatment she needs. It is outrageous that the NHS is spending huge amounts of taxpayer’s money on legal fees. If they were to let Tafida go, it would not cost them a penny. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Once again, a family’s love for their child is being held against them. Once again, the United Kingdom's National's Health Service and the medical profession are playing God. Once again, a court is deciding whether or not a child’s life is worth living or whether it is in their ‘best interests’ to die. Once again, the world is looking on in horror. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" ><strong>Sign the petition to tell the Royal London hospital to release Tafida and give this little girl a shot at life.</strong></a> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">If you have already signed, thank you! Please help Tafida by sharing this petition on Facebook so others can sign too. The easiest way to share is to click the button below or <a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >here.</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" ><img src="[link removed]" width="200" height="72" constrain="true" imagepreview="false" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Asking friends or family members to sign is the easiest way to increase the impact of your signature. And, our new sharing options make it easy to share on WhatsApp to friends and family and of course very easy to share with your email lists and on social media. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><strong><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" id="" >Click here to view additional sharing options.</a></strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">Thank you,</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;"><em>Gregory Mertz and the entire CitizenGO team</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 11px;">P.S. Please see my original action alert below for more information. And, you can see Tafida’s mother explain her case in her own words on Good Morning Britain <a href= "[link removed]" >here.</a> </span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Once again UK doctors have decided to apply to the court to end the life of a sick child against the wishes of her parents. </strong></div> <p style="text-align: center;">Tafida Raqeeb, aged 5, is not 'brain dead' but in a deep coma from which it might take her a year to awaken. </p> <p style="text-align: center;">A children's hospital in Genoa has offered to treat Tafida but the Royal London Hospital are blocking her transfer.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >Sign the petition to Tell the Royal London hospital to release Tafida and give this gorgeous little girl a shot at life. </a></strong></p>
SIGN <[link removed]>
Dear John,
<p>Once again, in a case that has chilling echoes of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans,<span> </span><strong>doctors in the United Kingdom have made the decision to end the life of a child against her parents' wishes. </strong></p> <p>Little Tafida Raqeeb is just five-years-old and up until February 2019 was perfectly healthy until she lapsed into unconsciousness following a brain bleed and resulting respiratory and cardiac arrest caused by an undiagnosed, yet perfectly treatable, anomaly. </p> <p>Tafida's parents were told to prepare for the worst yet she survived grueling brain surgery. Doctors then performed a brain scan on Tafida in preparation for removing her from the ventilator which revealed that she was not in fact 'brain dead' and that activity was present. </p> <p>The hospital that refuses to recognize the value of her life or the wishes of her family.</p> <p>In this case,<strong><span> </span>doctors are not even willing to let Tafida be taken to another hospital in Italy to receive private care</strong> -- care not funded by the government in any way. They won't even allow that!</p> <p>And, unfortunately, the hospital is going to court to force its death sentence on Tafida.</p> <p><strong><a href= "[link removed]" target="_blank" >Please sign the petition to save little Tafida Raqeeb.</a></strong></p>
<p><span>Tafida's parents, Shelina Begum and Mohammed Raqeeb sought advice from a number of independent neurosurgeons one of whom diagnosed </span><strong>Tafida as being in a<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span> </span></span>deep coma, a fact of which they had not previously been made aware</strong><span>. A senior neurologist assessed Tafida and informed her parents that she was beginning to emerge from a deep coma and needed to be given time to recover - a</span><strong><span> </span>process that could take up to a year. </strong><br /><br />In the first month following her operation, the medical team responsible for Tafida's care seemed to be eager to end her life, repeatedly broaching the subject with her family, before then dropping it. In the next two months, her parents noticed improvements in her condition as she began to open her eyes and move her limbs. </p> <p><strong>No parent should have to be in the situation to fight the government for the right for their child to receive privately-funded life-saving treatment.</strong></p> <p>Sign the petition to help fight for Tafida Raqeeb.</p>
Sign here: [link removed] <[link removed]>
<p><span>Tafida was then transferred to the Royal London Hospital where it was confirmed that she would be given a tracheostomy, which is standard care, and that </span>there was the potential for her to go home where her recovery could continue. <br /><br /><span>In the intervening months, Tafida has suffered a number of setbacks and her parents have been informed a number of times to prepare for her death, but she has fought back every single time, surviving an initial critical period where her death was thought inevitable and three further surgeries. </span><strong>Tafida’s parents feel as though she is not being given enough time to recover<span> </span></strong>and that treatment is being either rushed or withheld.</p> <p><strong>Two experts from the Gaslini children’s hospital in Genoa have stated that they are willing to treat Tafida and that she would not qualify to be removed from life support as she is not brain dead</strong>. The Royal London hospital refuses to concede that there is any hope for her, despite the fact that she is able to swallow and reacts to pain.</p> <p><span>It is only fair that this little girl ought to be given the chance to make a recovery. Just because one hospital does not want to treat her, it does not give them the right to prevent other medics from doing so. </span><strong>Tell the Royal London hospital to release Tafida and give this gorgeous little girl a shot at life. </strong></p>
Sign here: [link removed] <[link removed]>
<p>Thank you,</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Gregory Mertz and the entire CitizenGO team</em></p>
CitizenGO
is a community of active citizens that seeks to defend life, the family and fundamental rights worldwide. To find out more about CitizenGO click here <[link removed]> or follow us on Facebook <[link removed]> <[link removed]>or Twitter <[link removed]>. This message is addressed to [email protected]. If you do not wish to receive emails from CitizenGO, click on this link <[link removed]>.
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