Jahi McMath family spends first day of 2014 searching for doctor to help get teen to New York facili

[magical thyme]

Source: San Jose Mercury News

OAKLAND -- The family of Jahi McMath spent the first day of the New Year continuing to desperately search for a doctor who would be willing to perform two surgeries that would allow the brain-dead teen to be transferred to a care facility in New York.

However, hospital spokesman Sam Singer said Wednesday that three separate courts have denied requests by Chris Dolan, the McMath family lawyer, to have someone implement the tracheotomy line to help Jahi breathe and a gastric tube to provide nutrition.

The family has pleaded on Facebook and Twitter for help to find a physician willing to perform both surgeries for Jahi, but so far no one has stepped forward. Doctors at Children's Hospital have refused to perform either procedure, saying it is unethical to operate on a dead body.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24830394/jahi-mcmath-family-spends-first-day-2014-searching

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I wrote just yesterday that they're going to have a hard time finding doctors to perform surgery on and care for a corpse.

[secondwind]

1. This is such a sad story...... The parents need to come to terms... :-(

[Myrina]

3. Indeed.

[Bryce Butler]

2. An ethical doctor will stay out of this.

K&R

[cosmicone]

5. Even unethical doctors would stay out of this

why shine a spotlight on oneself?

[longship]

4. There is nothing good coming out of this.

The family is delusional that their daughter is still alive and could have any kind of meaningful existence.

The doctors are in a pickle because they are likely facing litigation when they know that their position is the only ethical choice, most of all for the family.

Outsiders with an ideological agenda are exploiting the situation, ala Terri Schiavo, increasing the stress for all concerned.

A person who is brain dead, is dead and can be treated as a corpse. That's the science.

Nothing good is going to come of this. It's very sad.