Except she was not deceased if I read the article right. And in the article it does state that because she was not dead the family still had a say.
These comments from the article suggest the family still had the legal right
“The Tarrant County medical examiner says Perez died Wednesday and doctors have declared Perez brain-dead, although the hospital declined to confirm that citing patient privacy.
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You’d think if the hospital had declared her dead they would admit it.
and one expert ( who knows how qualified this person was) said the family still had rights.
“The Tarrant County medical examiner says Perez died Wednesday and doctors have declared Perez brain-dead, although the hospital declined to confirm that citing patient privacy.”
What a tragic situation for the family.
Patient died on Wed, donation happened on Friday.
Hospital had almost nothing to do with this and I’m sure their PR people are advising them to not comment.
The issue is between the parents and the OPO.
You have a lay family member in the article (with a vested interest in their version of the story) saying the patient could breathe on their own. The Tarrent Co. ME, someone with no vested interest in the case and who has training, says otherwise. The ME, the hospital, and the OPO all certify the patient was dead. One grieving family member, opposed to this process, says otherwise.
There isn’t a massive conspiracy here involving medical professionals from three different organizations falsifying information to steal organs. That’s absurd.
This is a story about a grieving family member seeing what the desperately hoped to see, despite all objective measures to the contrary.