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US State Dept to UK: Let parents take critically ill toddler to get care

News: UK

Joe Slama
Jul 26, 2021
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Officials at the U.S. State Department have sought to intervene in the case of Alta Fixsler, a two-year-old girl on life support in a UK hospital whose parents desire to seek treatment outside the country.

Alta Fixsler. Courtesy of the Fixsler family.

“The Under Secretary for Political Affairs and senior officials in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau …

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