What path for Charlie Gard?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

The problem is waste of money and resources at others expense. 

I'll wait and see what the US MD states about the case after his examination.

Utilitarian health care is certainly an alternative, and would solve a lot of problems in terms of health care expenditures.  The implications can get a little uncomfortable going down that road though.  

But all this seems like, is they want to take the kid out of the hospital, and go to america for an exam.   I assume it'd require some medical transfer of undetermined cost.  And it's not clear how it's being paid for. That doesn't seem like it'd be running a tab in the millions, though.

You'd be surprised at the cost. Just running that equipment at great ormond street hospital + the legal expenses are probably running into the hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Regardless, he has a mitochondrial disease and advanced brain damage. There ain't no coming back from that. His parents have been sold a dream packaged as genuine hope. I can't blame them for wanting to try, but the reality is that any hope is misplaced at this point.