Speaking outside Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool on Friday, Tom Evans, 21, said he had a jet chartered to take the 23-month-old for treatment on Thursday night but had been stopped by the hospital.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the hospital on Thursday, a day after judge Mr Justice Hayden endorsed a plan for Alder Hey doctors to withdraw life support treatment from the child.
Speaking on behalf of himself and his partner Kate James, 20, Mr Evans said: “Yesterday we attempted to discharge our son Alfie Evans from the care of Alder Hey, legally, by formally withdrawing their duty of care.”
He stated the hospital had “falsely claimed” Alfie was a ward of court and the delay meant the youngster had missed the flight, which was chartered from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
He said: “The alarm was pulled and police were alerted and within a matter of 15 or 20 minutes I had three police officers round the bedside telling me that Alfie was a ward of court and they had been notified by the hospital and if I touched my son I would be arrested for assault.”
He added: “We want to know why they are fighting so hard and what are they trying to hide.”
Mr Evans said an appeal would be heard on Monday and the family hoped to go to Italy for treatment next week.
He said: “If he stays here and dies, he dies, if he goes and he dies at least he has died a hero,…
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