Interesting

There’s an article in the local section today talking about the diagnosis “brain dead.” Doctors say there is no hope for a miracle but often that is just what families are hoping for. The family of the Wasco inmate who has been brain dead since Jan.19 says that he “deserves the opportunity to have a second chance at life.” When families refuse to accept the reality of the situation hospitals will wait and send in specialists but they can legally remove the patient from life support without family consent.

According to the article “such cases are more frequent in metropolitan cities, but it is rare for a doctors in Bakersfield to do so.”