Alfie Evans Facebook official page: How to find Save Alfie Evans and follow updates
ALFIE Evans is the 23-month-old toddler at the centre of an ongoing battle over his treatment as his parents have been fighting to keep him alive. Here is how you can keep updates through the Save Alfie Evans Facebook page.
Alfie Evans' father claims the hospital staff hate his family
They lost the latest battle at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday after judges rejected an appeal by his parents to take their child to Italy.
Discussions are now taking place for Alfie to be released from Alder Hey Hospital and taken home to be looked after.
On Monday, Alfie’s life-support was switched off after a court ruling but he has confounded expectations by continuing to breathe unaided.
Supporters of the Alfie Evans family have been camped outside the Alder Hey hospital calling themselves “Alfie’s Army.”
The Alfie Evans Facebook page - Alfie’s Army Official - was set up to raise awareness of the youngster’s fight.
The group has more than 400,000 people and parents Tom Evans and Kate James have been posting regular updates on the page since Alfie’s life support was switched off.
The description on the Facebook page reads: “Alfie Evans is at Alder Hey Hospital in the PICU.
“He has been hospitalised continuously since December 2016, dealing with chronic seizures of an undiagnosed disorder.
“The hospital has given up on him and applied to the High Court to remove parental rights and withdraw ventilation to end Alfie’s life.
“Yet Alfie and his parents are FIGHTING! Help us save his life and protect parents’ rights to care for their children.”
The page includes a link a petition to release Alfie to a hospital of his parents’ choice which has been signed by more than 540,000 people.
Supporters have been carrying out candlelit vigils for Alfie to show their support and users have been posting messages to the parents.
However, a group of protesters tried to storm the Alder Hey Hospital on April 23 and were blocked by police.
The hospital has been on lockdown ever since as there were rumours protesters were planning a raid.
The group are planning to march on Buckingham Palace in protest of the court ruling to end his life.
The protest is expected to take place at 4pm outside the palace in the City of Westminster.
Alfie supporters have been asked to bring blue balloons in a display of dissent against “inhumane law” and the court who “took away hope to live.”