A BRADFORD mother battling hospital doctors to bring her ‘miracle’ daughter home to die has spoken of her relief after medics finally agreed to grant her wishes.

The decision by doctors came as the parents of Charlie Gard, a baby with a rare similar neurological disorder who is being treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital, went to the High Court yesterday to ask that he be allowed to die at home.

Earlier this week Charlie’s parents had ended their high-profile court action to take him to the US for experimental therapy.

Terminally-ill Suraiya Parviaz has spent the last four months on life-support at Leeds General Infirmary but her devoted mother Shamin Akhtar has been asking for her two-year-old daughter to be given a tracheotomy so she can end her days with the support of a 24-hour ventilator at home with her family in the Canterbury area of Bradford.

Mrs Akhtar said doctors had previously repeatedly refused her request stating Suraiya was “currently in the best place for managing her condition”.

Mrs Akhtar, who has five other children, accepts her daughter’s condition is life-limiting but says the heartache was being made more agonising by doctors who, she claimed, had even threatened court action to block her attempts to get Suraiya home.

“I accept Suraiya’s condition is life-limiting but she is still responsive. She can smile, laugh and pull away,” said Mrs Akhtar.

“Last Christmas they said she would not be here in six months’ time. She is proving them all wrong. According to scans, she should be in a vegetative state but she is not.

“Suraiya is a fighter and I will not give up the fight for her. She is nothing short of a miracle.”

She said that despite scans showing brain tissue is dying, she says her daughter still smiles and laughs and should not be left to die on a hospital ward.

There is no known cure for Mitochondrial disease which is an inherited chronic illness causing learning disabilities, poor growth, muscle weakness, loss of co-ordination, pain, seizures, vision and hearing loss, feeding problems and ultimately organ failure.

Suraiya is on an ICU ward after being admitted with a chest infection and is on a type of life-support which strengthens the weak breaths she can still take for herself.

Earlier this week, a spokesman for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust told the Telegraph & Argus there were no court proceedings ongoing but that second opinions had been sought about Suraiya’s treatment bringing a consensus that she was in the best place.

But Mrs Akhtar said Suraiya’s doctor has now told her of the change of mind by hospital teams.

She said: “He just said they were going to give her the tracheotomy.

“I didn’t ask questions at that point why they’d changed their minds. I just took it.

“She’s likely to have the surgery in the next week or so. They’ll also be giving her a feeding tube into her stomach as well. She could be home in a month. It’s what we’ve wanted.

“I’m glad with their decision but I want to know why it’s taken them so long. She should have been home months ago.”

In a statement to the T&A , Professor Suzanne Hinchliffe, Chief Nurse for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Our medical teams are continually reviewing the clinical needs of our patients, to ensure they are receiving the best possible care suitable for their conditions.

“We always work closely with families to ensure our patients receive the most effective care and support required for their individual needs.

“These can be extremely difficult situations and our thoughts are always with the family during these times.”

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The case had been taken up by Bradford East MP Imran Hussain who had written to hospital bosses to ask for an explanation about Suraiya’s treatment.

Last night, he said: “Suraiya’s family have informed me that they have met with the hospital who have now agreed to perform the tracheotomy procedure, and my thoughts and prayers are with Suraiya and her family at what must be a very emotional time.”