Court Orders Summa Akron City Hospital to Keep Basheotis on Life Support

William Basheotis (78) does not having a living will and his sister, Eugenia (80), is his sole next of kin. Clinicians at Summa Akron City Hospital told Eugenia that her brother was terminally ill and that his life support would cease at 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 13 unless she won a court order or put her brother in another medical facility.



On Friday afternoon, just hours before the deadline, Eugenia obtained that court order, keeping her brother on life support.  Summit County Probate Court Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer granted the temporary restraining order land scheduled a hearing for a preliminary injunction this coming Friday, September 20. 



Eugenia's attorney, Kevin Breen, said that Eugenia was unprepared for the sudden life-support decision and simply wants to further contemplate her brother’s future medical care. “We’re just trying to step back and determine the best course. If [ending life support] is the best course, so be it. But there are plenty of questions at this point and she wanted to buy some time to unravel a few things,”  (Akron Beacon Journal)