Charlie Gard has '10 per cent' chance of surviving, claims his mother

Charlie Gard is not “suffering” and has a 10% chance of surviving, the boy’s mother has said.

Connie Yates said support from the Pope and US President Donald Trump, as well as medics in America and the Vatican, had given the 11-month-old more time after his life-support had been due to be switched off on Friday.

His parents want to take him for experimental therapy in the US but lost a lengthy legal battle after judges ruled in favour of doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where Charlie is being treated.

Ms Yates told Good Morning Britain: “He’s our own flesh and blood and we don’t even have a say in his life whatsoever.

“We are not bad parents, we are there for him all the time, we are completely devoted to him and he’s not in pain and suffering, and I promise everyone I would not sit there and watch my son in pain and suffering, I couldn’t do it.”

“I’ve heard from doctors that there’s around a 10% chance of this working for Charlie so I think that’s a good enough chance to take.

“I don’t understand it, euthanasia is illegal, suicide is illegal. How is this legal?

“It’s in his best interests to have a chance at life.”

The Pope is said to be considering giving terminally ill Charlie Gard a Vatican passport so that the terminally ill boy can be treated in its hospital.

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The Vatican source said, ‘It would be unprecedented if citizenship was granted to Charlie, but it is being investigated.

‘Legal parameters are preventing him from being moved and treated overseas. If that can be overcome, then so be it.

‘It is well known the Pope has taken a personal interest in Charlie. He has commented on the case publicly twice.’

New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center said it had, ‘agreed to admit and evaluate Charlie, provided that arrangements are made to safely transfer him to our facility, legal hurdles are cleared, and we receive emergency approval from the FDA for an experimental treatment as appropriate’.

‘Alternatively, if approved by the FDA, we will arrange shipment of the experimental drug to Great Ormond Street Hospital and advise their medical staff on administering it if they are willing to do so.’