Tafida Raqeeb and her parents flew from the UK to Gaslini children’s hospital in Genoa yesterday, in an air ambulance.
On October 3, Tafida’s parents won a High Court battle against British hospital bosses, after a judge ruled the little girl could be moved to Italy for the treatment.
Tafida went into a coma in February after suffering a ruptured blood vessel in her brain and was put on life support at Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel.
Doctors said Tafida had no chance of recovery and healthcare professionals thought it was best to stop life-sustaining treatment.
But specialists at Gaslini said they would be willing to continue life-support treatment for the little girl if they were given the chance.
Professionals at Royal London, where she was previously being treated, had disagreed and said further treatment would be futile because she had permanent brain damage and was in a minimally conscious state.
Parents, solicitor Shelina Begum, 39, and construction consultant Mohammed Raqeeb, 45, had argued that life-support treatment should be allowed and they have a right to choose where their daughter is treated.
Mr Justice MacDonald ruled in favour of Tafida’s parents, of Newham, east London, after analysing evidence at a High Court trial in London.
