16-year-old Daniel Tamayo is in the ICU (here and here too) at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth after a suspected drug overdose.
Cook Children’s conducted two standard brain death tests that followed medical and ethical guidelines. The tests confirmed brain death, after which Daniel was pronounced dead according to Texas law.
Despite the tests showing brain death, the Tamayo family declined to remove Daniel from life support because they believe he can still recover and needs more time. Dozens of previous cases (including some in Texas) have escalated to court.
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