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Baby Maverick's Race Against Time for Heart Transplant
4 Feb
Summary
- Maverick is on life support, needing a heart transplant within a week.
- An NHS funding row delayed his flight from Turkey to the UK.
- He is critically ill but stable, receiving care at Bristol Children's Hospital.
A desperate race against time is underway for baby Maverick Corin, who is in stable but critical condition and requires an urgent heart transplant. He is currently being kept alive by an ECMO machine at Bristol Children's Hospital, with only a week left before the life support could be removed. Maverick's family endured a significant ordeal involving a political wrangle over NHS funding, which initially prevented him from receiving treatment in the UK after he became gravely ill in Turkey in December.
Despite his British passport and the family's efforts to raise funds for an air ambulance, UK hospital management reportedly engaged in "infighting over who should take Maverick and who should pay the bill." Following media attention and political interventions, NHS bosses agreed to accept Maverick as a patient. His father, Adam Corin, expressed immense gratitude for the care received at Bristol Children's Hospital, describing the flight over as successful despite initial concerns. Maverick is now awaiting a transplant bed at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
