{"id":920,"date":"2015-03-27T18:58:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/?p=920"},"modified":"2015-03-27T18:58:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T18:58:11","slug":"13-year-old-oakland-ca-girl-brain-dead-after-receiving-unnecessary-surgery-for-sleep-apnea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/blog\/13-year-old-oakland-ca-girl-brain-dead-after-receiving-unnecessary-surgery-for-sleep-apnea\/","title":{"rendered":"13-Year-Old Oakland, CA Girl Brain Dead After Receiving Unnecessary Surgery for Sleep Apnea."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When you seek medical attention for a health problem that you have, you most likely expect a licensed professional to offer you several solutions.<\/strong>\u00a0 Depending on the seriousness of your condition, they may offer you medication to help fight against whatever bacteria, virus, or other injury that you might have.\u00a0 In more serious circumstances, however, the problem may not be fully solved by <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-medication-errors-lawyers-attorneys.php\">taking medication<\/a>.\u00a0 It might be necessary, or even wise, to undergo surgery to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-KfNEV4EVE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fear of surgery, for the most part, is unfounded.<\/strong>\u00a0 Surgeons are highly trained individuals with years of education and experience working in their respective fields.\u00a0 Most are very adept at correcting patient issues, and will offer sound advice in the case of an emergency.\u00a0 However, it would be a mistake to believe that all surgeons are perfect.\u00a0 Quite to the contrary; they are not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In fact, when a <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-medical-malpractice-lawyers-attorneys.php\">doctor or surgeon makes a critical mistake<\/a>, the consequences can be utterly catastrophic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the early spring of 2014, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was a young girl growing up just outside Oakland, California.\u00a0<strong> Unfortunately, Jahi suffered from sleep apnea, which is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing or instances of shallow or infrequent breathing during sleep.\u00a0<\/strong> Frustrated by their daughter\u2019s trouble sleeping, Latasha and Marvin Winkfield brought Jahi to the UCSF Benioff Children&#8217;s Hospital in Oakland.\u00a0 There, she received medical attention from the head of pediatrics, Dr. David Duran, who advised that Jahi undergo corrective surgery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Although the surgery was not recommended for pediatric cases, the hospital staff insisted that they move forward with the risky surgery.\u00a0<\/strong> Sadly, Jahi had an adverse reaction to the surgery and went into a vegetative state.\u00a0 When her parents asked what had gone wrong, Dr. Duran did not answer them.\u00a0 Instead, he yelled at them, and told them that Jahi\u2019s brain and organs should be donated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angered and wracked with grief, the young girl\u2019s parents filed a <a href=\"http:\/\/bostonmassachusettsmedicalmalpracticelawyer.com\/\">medical malpractice lawsuit<\/a> against the Hospital for malpractice.\u00a0<\/strong> The family is represented by Attorney Bruce Brusavich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you seek medical attention for a health problem that you have, you most likely expect a licensed professional to offer you several solutions.\u00a0 Depending on the seriousness of your condition, they may offer you medication to help fight against &hellip; 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