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Jahi McMath

Was the girl in the hospital that was brain dead really dead?

Two hospital tests showed she was brain dead. Doctors at Children’s Hospital planned to take her off a ventilator, but her family refused to believe she was dead and took the hospital to Alameda County Superior Court and won a ruling that allowed them to remove the girl from the Oakland facility.

What was the original lawsuit against Oakland hospital about?

The family’s original lawsuit against the hospital said their religious beliefs called for “providing all treatment, care and nutrition to a body that is living, treating it with respect and seeking to encourage its healing.” The Oakland hospital hired a spokesman, Sam Singer, to address the media amid national news coverage of the ordeal.

What happened to the girl at the center of the brain death debate?

Courtesy of McMath Family and Omari Sealey / via AP SAN FRANCISCO — A girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death has died after surgery in New Jersey, her mother said Thursday.

What happened to the 13-year-old who was declared brain dead?

Jahi McMath had her tonsils removed on Dec. 9, 2013, when she was 13, and was declared brain dead three days later. Courtesy of McMath Family and Omari Sealey / via AP SAN FRANCISCO — A girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death has died after surgery in New Jersey, her mother said Thursday.

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Is Jahi McMath still on life support?

Doctors urged her family to take her off life support and donate her organs. A coroner in California issued her death certificate the following month. Legally and medically, Jahi was dead.

Is Jahi still alive?

June 22, 2018Jahi McMath / Date of death

What ever happened to Jahi McMath?

Nailah Winkfield said doctors declared her daughter Jahi McMath dead on June 22 from excessive bleeding and liver failure after an operation to treat an intestinal issue.

What happened to girl on life support after tonsillectomy?

Jahi McMath, Teen At Center Of Medical And Religious Debate On Brain Death, Has Died McMath was put on life support in 2013 after a tonsillectomy. Doctors said she had irreversible brain damage, and a coroner issued a death certificate.

What surgery did Jahi McMath have?

According to court documents, McMath was admitted to Children's Hospital Oakland on December 9, 2013, for an adenotonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty and submucous resection of bilateral inferior turbinates. It was hoped these procedures would provide improved airflow during her sleep at night.

Where is Jahi McMath buried?

Mount Eden CemeteryJahi's body is in a funeral home and will be laid to rest in Mount Eden Cemetery on Friday. Jahi became the focus of an impassioned national debate on the meaning of death after she was declared dead in December 2013 from complications associated with surgery for sleep apnea at Children's Hospital.

Did Jahi McMath have an autopsy?

On Jun. 22, McMath died in New Jersey. “And the doctors that examined her, that treated her and conducted an autopsy on her, have listed the following causes of death, hypovolemic shock, nerve failure, and anoxic brain injury,” Dolan said.

Who is Jahi McMath?

Jahi McMath, an Oakland teenager whose brain-death following a routine tonsil surgery in 2013 created national headlines, died on June 22, according to the family's attorney.

Did Marlise Munoz have her baby?

26, Marlise Munoz was removed from life support. The family grieved and named the unborn baby Nicole. On Feb. 8, Iver was born.

What happened to Taquisha McKitty?

Taquisha McKitty was 27 when doctors declared her 'dead by neurological criteria' in September 2017. Ontario's top court has dismissed a legal challenge brought by a Toronto-area family that fought to keep their daughter on life support after she was declared brain-dead.

What happened to Marlise Munoz?

Marlise Nicole Muñoz (August 20, 1980 – November 28, 2013) was an American woman at the center of a medical ethics controversy between November 2013 and January 2014. She suffered a suspected pulmonary embolism and was declared brain dead.

Can tonsils lead to death?

Tonsillitis, with associated tonsillar hypertrophy, is a common disease of childhood, yet it is rarely associated with sudden death due to airway obstruction. Lethal complications involving the inflamed tonsils include haemorrhage, retropharyngeal abscess and disseminated sepsis.