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In reply to the discussion: Mother of Jahi McMath, brain-dead after tonsillectomy, vows to fight [View all]gerogie2
(450 posts)43. The child is on medicaid
The government pays the medical bills for this. I don't know, but I imagine the lawyer is working pro bono since this family lives below the poverty level. I doubt if pro-life orgs will get involved since this is a non-white and they don't care what happens to them.
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LiberalElite
Dec 2013
OP
So you're presenting these one-in-a-million cases as a realistic possibility for the family
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#30
6 doctors have declared her brain dead, including 3 that the parent's brought in
magical thyme
Dec 2013
#23
Generally, two neurologists are required to independently examine a patient...
Barack_America
Dec 2013
#6
there were another 3 specialists that the hospital brought in at the mother's request
magical thyme
Dec 2013
#24
One CNN article said also that the longer the body's on life support, the less accurate the autopsy.
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2013
#5
I can't say what anyone else would be thinking but not arguing the point nt
LiberalElite
Dec 2013
#37
Why is this even in the courts? The hospital should do as the guardian of the patient says.
JVS
Dec 2013
#27