The delay is intended to allow families time to find other medical facilities willing to take such patients and keep them on life support. “Cook Children’s has been devoted to this precious baby her entire life, providing compassionate, round-the-clock, intensive care and attention since she arrived at our hospital 11 months ago,” the hospital’s statement said. But it maintained that she was suffering from severe sepsis, and was heavily medicated with painkillers, sedatives and paralytics. The hospital had planned to remove life support in November, after its ethics committee agreed with an assessment by medical experts. Another judge blocked that step before he was removed from the case when the hospital raised questions about his impartiality.

Source: New York Times January 02, 2020 21:22 UTC