Family Seeks to Transfer Corpse of Jahi Mcmath to Another Healthcare Facility for "Treatment"

Pursuant to a court order, on Monday, Oakland Children's Hospital is planning to remove mechanical ventilation from the body of Jahi McMath.  



But, now, there is a new complication.  The Mcmath family has apparently found a Bay Area sub-acute care facility that is willing to accept Jahi and provide her "with all the nutrition, ventilation support and other care that she needs to stabilize her and to assist her in reaching maximum medical improvement."  Even more surprising, the family even says that a plan administrator at Jahi's insurance company will pay for the transfer and ongoing interventions.



But Jahi needs additional procedures and equipment before she would be accepted into the other facility. The hospital is unwilling to provide that.  







Transfer is an accepted dispute resolution pathway in disputes over medical futility and conscience-based objection.  Transfer is built into both state statutes and facility policies.  But it really has no application here, where the patient is already dead.  The family has no