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# Great Ormond Street

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# Decision time
Great Ormond Street may keep donations from scandal-hit Presidents Club dinner
The Presidents Club closed down after reports of inappropriate behaviour at the male-only event in January.
# INMO
'It should be nipped in the bud': UK hospitals 'aggressively recruiting' Irish nurses
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said that the issue is a serious one for hospitals.
# ethical questions
Should Charlie Gard's name have been made public?
In life or death cases involving children, should they be kept anonymous?
# Charlie Gard
'Rest in peace, Charlie': Tributes pour in for 11-month-old baby at centre of legal battle who has died
His story dominates the UK papers, and figures such as the Pope and Prime Minister Theresa May have paid tribute.
# Great Ormond Street
Children's doctors have been getting death threats and abusive messages over Charlie Gard case
Great Ormond Street Hospital says such behaviour is “deplorable”.
# rare disease
'If he was suffering we wouldn't be up here fighting': New evidence in Charlie Gard case
Proceedings grew heated today, with Gard’s parents storming out of the courtroom at one point.
# Life Support
In 2014, a case similar to Charlie Gard's came before the Irish High Court
The case centred on whether or not a baby who had a rare genetic condition should receive CPR or ventilation if their condition deteriorated.
# Great Ormond Street
Parents of Charlie Gard to bring 'new evidence' to court in bid for US treatment
His father Chris Gard asked a barrister representing the hospital today: “When are you going to start telling the truth?”
# Charlie Gard
'We're spending our last precious hours with him': Baby's life support to be switched off
Charlie Gard’s parents have said they are “utterly heartbroken”.
# Charlie Gard
Hospital in 'no rush' to turn off baby's life support machine after parents lose appeal
Charlie Gard’s parents have described the court ruling as “upsetting”.
# Great Ormond Street
Man and woman arrested over attempted abduction of baby from London hospital
The pair showed staff an image of a premature baby in an incubator, which they claimed was theirs.
# Megan Carter
"Like she had come to life...": Coolock girl undergoes breakthrough kidney treatment in London
It’s the first time the procedure has been carried out in the UK on a child…
# Swapsies
Irish girl accepted for kidney exchange programme
Eddie Carter will donate his kidney to a stranger and his daughter Megan will receive another donor’s organ in return.