A tragic case played itself out to an unfortunate finish earlier this month in New York Family Court in Brooklyn. A few blocks away at Brookdale University Medical Center, two-year-old Thaiya Spruill-Smith lay brain dead as her parents, who had spent the previous two years arguing over custody, now argued over whether the child’s organs could be donated in order to save another child’s life.
After one hearing, the judge issued the nonsensical order to keep the dead child on “life support,” sending the wrong message to Thaiya’s father who claimed his “daughter’s still alive.” She wasn’t. Brain death is death in all 50 states and throughout the medical community.
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