(CNN)Archie Batterbee, a 12-year-old British boy, is at the center of a long legal battle between his parents and doctors. I'm in. His discontinuation of treatment died Saturday, said his mother, Holly Dance.
Archie died at 12:15 p.m. Local time at the Royal London Hospital, hours after doctors turned off his ventilator and saved his life, Dance told reporters she was "very proud to be his mother.
"He was a very beautiful boy and fought to the end," she said.
Dance said the hospital had no further options and said it was going off life support on Saturday morning. He has been in a coma since being found unconscious by his mother. According to the British news agency PA, he had survived through a combination of medical interventions, including a ventilator and drug treatment. His family continued a legal battle over keeping him on life support in the hope that he would recover. , the Court of Appeal and the European Court of Human Rights to transfer him to hospice to die.
"Members of his family are present at his bedside to offer our thoughts and heartfelt condolences during this difficult time," the statement added.
