Life Support Case Returns to Court

koh no 24 news

A court fight over a Reno hospital providing life-support for a 20 year old woman goes back to court today for arguments about standards for brain death. Attorney David O’Mara, representing the father of Aden Hailu, says he expects Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center will ask the judge to allow brain wave tests that weren’t done last summer. Lawyers for the hospital argue the tests will show Hailu is brain dead and a ventilator and intravenous tubes should be removed. Washoe County Family Court Judge Frances Doherty isn’t due to make a final decision until late January.