What you don’t understand is that malpractice cases are settled every day. Usually in a compassionate manner—especially if there WAS malpractice. (By that I mean the damage was due to negligence, and not by some allergic reaction or other “no fault” sh!t happens type of incidents.)
You seem to be focused on the hospitals finances. Believe me when I tell you that is not the issue. There is enough insurance to take care of this.
No, I am focused on this little girl and her parents. And I am very familiar with liability insurance - it raises the hospital’s insurance rates when they have a major claim and decreases the hospital’s credibility. And institutional care of a 12 year old until she dies is no small sum.
I have seen little to no compassionate manner from these folks. Do you disagree?
I repeat, what harm other than to the hospitals reputation and finances will it be to let the girl stay on the respirator for a while and dies or starts doing better and recovers as sometimes will happen? There are several examples of that spontaneous recovery on this thread and others about the case, including the one I experienced personally.