Family of Oakland teen Jahi McMath speaks in San Francisco (with clip)
"Jahi's mother, Nailah Winkfield, discussed the ongoing dispute over her daughter's death, saying she has no regrets over her choice to not pull the plug on her daughter...."
Jahi McMath's family speaks out following her death
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Mother of Jahi McMath fights to bury her daughter in Bay Area
"SAN FRANCISCO - The mother of Jahi McMath fought for more than four years to keep her daughter alive, now she is fighting to bury the girl.
McMath, a 17-year-old, former Oakland girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death, was pronounced dead in New Jersey on June 22 from excessive bleeding and liver failure after an operation to treat an intestinal issue. A death certificate was issued that same day.
McMath had previously been declared brain dead after suffering complications during surgery at Children's Hospital in Oakland to remove her tonsils in December 2013. Alameda County issued a death certificate following the medical declaration.
Now, with two death certificates, McMath’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, is entangled in a legal and bureaucratic dispute about which one accurately portrays the circumstances and the exact date of McMath’s death. Winkfield wants the New Jersey certificate honored because she never believed her daughter died in Oakland.
Until the dispute is resolved, a burial permit can’t be issued, said her attorney Chris Dolan...."
Mother of Jahi McMath fights to bury her daughter in Bay Area
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