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6. so the 2nd facility backed out in part because it's doctors also refuse to "treat"

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 11:31 AM

Dec 2013

a deceased person.

"Dolan said a facility in the Los Angeles area also withdrew its offer because it didn't want media attention or to jeopardize its relationship with its doctors, who refused to treat someone who's been declared brain dead.

"He said Saturday he was waiting to hear from the New York hospital after its facility director and medical director speak.

Hospital spokeswoman Cynthia Chiarappa said the hospital has not heard from any facility to discuss how it can accommodate "a deceased body on a ventilator."

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Jahi McMath: New York facility is 'last hope' for girl declared brain dead, family say [View all] LiberalElite Dec 2013 OP

This is getting gruesome. Squinch Dec 2013 #1

Yes - LiberalElite Dec 2013 #5

Yes. I think it's because we are not allowed near it. Squinch Dec 2013 #7

Had a similar situation in my family. Archae Dec 2013 #17

Hmm, so "the Jesus" isn't the last hope? nt valerief Dec 2013 #2

what is this all about? keeping her "alive" for whose sake? let her go peacefully! secondwind Dec 2013 #3

She is already dead and it is a corpse cosmicone Dec 2013 #12

How do you know this? LovingA2andMI Dec 2013 #19

Her race is not even an issue. cosmicone Dec 2013 #22

+1 nt Javaman Dec 2013 #30

This is so lame and spiteful Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #32

All direct and independent evidence cosmicone Dec 2013 #39

No, you can't keep a person with a dead brain stem's heart beating Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #42

Unfortunately, some of us went to medical school cosmicone Dec 2013 #43

Kinda cynical. More like guilt and denial tblue Dec 2013 #25

I really feel for this family and there is nothing worse Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #4

They're having a very hard time letting her go. QuestForSense Dec 2013 #15

so the 2nd facility backed out in part because it's doctors also refuse to "treat" magical thyme Dec 2013 #6

Children's referring to a "deceased body" isn't helping. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #31

agreed. they should stick to the language of "irreversibly brain dead" magical thyme Dec 2013 #36

It seems intentional because the terminology was used repeatedly in the statement. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #38

apparently not. the same judge that agreed she is irreversibly brain dead granted another extension magical thyme Dec 2013 #45

There is a no "last hope" Feral Child Dec 2013 #8

I also am getting the idea that this family refuses to accept their child's death Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #9

Terry Schiavo was not brain-dead cosmicone Dec 2013 #13

I stand corrected Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #29

They want to transfer her PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #10

The logistics of this seem problematic to me. Mz Pip Dec 2013 #11

She's dead - LiberalElite Dec 2013 #14

It's not like they have her on ice. Mz Pip Dec 2013 #16

True - LiberalElite Dec 2013 #18

Well, if the brainstem is dead the body will die regardless. Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #35

I'm done with this tale of the macabre. SCVDem Dec 2013 #20

I wish they would stop calling it a routine tonsil sugery MiniMe Dec 2013 #21

That's because information is coming from only one side Retrograde Dec 2013 #23

the problem i see is that the mother says when she started bleeding they did not get anyone JI7 Dec 2013 #26

"The mother says" Retrograde Dec 2013 #41

Agree MiniMe Dec 2013 #28

Any medical procedure carries risk. My sister coded during a colonoscopy riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #24

There is no hope. Iggo Dec 2013 #27

For everyone who is so scornful of these parents, can you at least TRY Sheldon Cooper Dec 2013 #33

Yes, it would be terrible!!! n/t Drew2510 Dec 2013 #34

Yes, the lack of empathy is astounding! n/t Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #37

Thank you. Having worked with people in these situations, there is nothing wrong with taking uppityperson Dec 2013 #44

Who is going to pay for this ? warrant46 Dec 2013 #40