The judge stated that the law was not applicable to Munoz since she is dead - so the "life support" was not legally required for dead people.
She should have been pronounced a few months ago, as she met all the criteria, but the hospital did not. Even though she has not been formally pronounced at this time, the judge acknowledged that she is indeed dead.
Indeed she was, dead and gone. Which then if it comes down to the desires of a dead woman and the possibility of preserving human life; I'd say the thing actually alive should be given top billing.
Good lord i hope the family wins and sues the pants off the hospital
She is on life-sustaining medical equipment.
She is on life-sustaining medical equipment.
This makes my head hurt. I can't wrap my head around how this can be legally allowed. To force a woman to carry full term is taking away her right to choose. But then she's dead, so she can't choose anyway.
"Brain dead" has become one of those false catch-all slogans. The "brain dead" often can still feel pain. If she had a directive prohibiting artificial life support the hospital is providing specifically prohibited medical care against her express wishes.
Since she is legally "dead," the husband should just take her body out of there. There would be no legal authority to stop him, rather than him wanting the hospital to do something. Just do it himself.
I don't see how they have any legal standing against the hospital. It would be a useless lawsuit for nothing more than to make the State and People pay more for an issue that has been settled. A selfish and stupid act.
Could you dance on the grave of that baby just a little more? Sheesh, dude. A baby is going to die here. Try to calm yourself just a bit.
Selfish and stupid defines what the hospital did. This was an obvious and easy case. The husband and the woman's family need to be compensated. Furthermore I'm always hearing about how great the economy of Texas is, so this should be no big deal to pay them.
"Brain dead" has become one of those false catch-all slogans. The "brain dead" often can still feel pain....
Some lay persons call a person in a coma or in a permanent vegetive state as being brain dead but being in a coma or PVS is not medically brain dead as they do not fit the medical criteria for brain death.
In this case the woman was truly a corpse.
I'm not prepared to have an opinion in the absence of facts. There are HIPAA restraints, and in the meantime, I'm tired of people practicing medicine and law without a license.
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