Jahi's Suicide Case

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Although brain dead for three years, teen girl's mother refuses to let go. Jahi McMath was declared dead after a botched surgery removing her tonsils. Yet, her mother's christian beliefs prohibit her stopping life support. The California judge has allowed the lawsuit Jahi's mother wants to start against the hospital with evidence that claims her daughter may still be alive. Dispite the evidence, doctors that have analyzed the evidence say that the signs of “recovery” Jahi may be showing commonly occurs in most brain dead patients. However, other health care professionals believe that she is alive due to the multiple tests they have conducted.

The Children Hospital in Oakland that is going against the McMath family doesn't think that the evidence

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