Regional; Jahi Mcmath Dies In New Jersey At Age 18

Jahi McMath, an Oakland teenager who was declared brain dead in 2013 after an allegedly botched sleep apnea procedure, died at age 18 at a New Jersey hospital on June 22 as a result of complications association with liver failure, her mother's attorney said .

Jahi, who was a 13-year-old eighth grade student at EE Reems Academy of Technology and Arts in Oakland at the time, underwent a tonsillectomy procedure at UCSF Benioff Oakland Children's Hospital on Dec. 9, 2013, that was intended to cure a sleep apnea problem, which made it difficult for her to sleep.

But she suffered complications after the procedure and Children's Hospital was declared dead.

However, Jahi's family is still in the family.

Where they are kept alive by mechanical ventilation and other measures.

San Francisco attorney Chris Dolan, who represents Jahi's mother Nailah Winkfield, said in a statement that McMath died peacefully in the presence of her mother and her stepfather Marvin.

Dolan said McMath had been living in New Jersey with her mother, stepfather and her younger sister for the last four years and "will be returned to California to be buried near her family and friends."

Dolan said a preliminary death certificate lists Jahi's cause of death as a result of the death failure.

The attorney says the death certificate notes that it has been suffering from anoxic brain injury, which occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen, for four years.

Dolan alleged, "Jahi suffered an anoxic brain injury as a result of severe blood loss after surgery at Children's Hospital Oakland in December of 2013 when medical staff failed to treat Jahi or summon a doctor after she had undergone surgery on her tonsils, adenoids and soft palate to address a condition known as apnea. "

Dolan said Winkfield was "devastated by the loss of her daughter who has given us tremendous strength and courage."

According to Dolan, Winkfield said, "Jahi has forced the world to rethink the issue of brain death."

Dolan said Harvard University recently held a symposium where Jahi's case was discussed and discussed and agreed that Jahi was not brain dead and, instead, that she was presenting evidence of a new level of consciousness. "[19659002] Winkfield said, "My daughter died on June 22, 2018, not December 12, 2013. The doctors who were treating her at the time of her death state of complications of liver failure."

Winkfield said, " Nowhere does it reference brain death. (19659002) They also filed a suit. "

Winkfield and other family members filed a medical malpractice against UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital on March 3, 2015.

in federal court in San Francisco seeking to have the state of California and Alameda County revoke her 2013 death certificate.

Dolan said, "The fight to hold the negligent doctors. Superior Court through a wrongful death action now that Jahi has died. "

Dolan also said he" intends to continue to fight on behalf of the United States of America in the Northern District of California to have her hastily June 19, 2018. "

A spokeswoman for Children's Oakland Hospital said in a statement," At this time, our hearts go out to t he family and friends of Jahi McMath. "

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