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(MALE ANNOUNCER): THIS IS
THE BAY AREA NEWS STATION,
KRON 4 NEWS STARTS NOW.
>> PAM: NEW AT FIVE.
>> PAM: THE FAMILY OF JAHI
MCMATH SAYS. THE YOUNG GIRL
IS NOW AT A NEW MEDICAL
FACILITY AND RECEIVING CARE.
SHE WAS MOVED LAST NIGHT
FROM CHILDREN'S HOSPTIAL
OAKLAND.
DOCTORS DECLARED THE 13-
YEAR-OLD BRAIN DEAD. AFTER
COMPLICATIONS FROM ROUTINE
TONSIL SURGERY.
SINCE THEN. THE FAMILY HAS
MOUNTED A LEGAL BATTLE
AGAINST THE HOSPITAL TO
KEEP JAHI ON A VENTILATOR.
EVEN THOUGH THE HOSPITAL
OFFICIALS HAVE MADE IT
CLEAR. SHE IS DEAD IN THEIR
OPINION.
KRON 4'S MAUREEN KELLY HAS
MORE ON THE CURRENT
CONDITION OF JAHI MCMATH.
>>BITE SHE'S PEACEFUL, SHE
LOOKS LIKE SHE'S SLEEPING
AND I THINK SHE SMILED WHEN
THEY TOOK HER OUT OF
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
>> REPORTER:THIS VIDEO SHOT
BY THE ATTORNEY FIGHTING ON
JAHI'S BEHALF SHOWS AN
AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY FROM
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH THE BRAINDEAD
GIRL INSIDEHER MOTHER BY HER
SIDE.
>> REPORTER:NEITHER THE
LAYWER NOR HER UNCLE WOULD
DISCLOSE EXACTLY WHERE JAHI
HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO
BECAUSE OF THREATS THEY'VE
RECEIVED.
>> REPORTER:BUT THEY
DESCRIBE THE MEDICAL
PERSONEL THAT MOVED HER.AS
AN EVACUATION TEAMAND SAY
SHE'S SAFE AT HER NEW
HOMENOW RECEIVING
ANTIBIOTICS, NUTRIENTS AND
POTASSIUM, BEING STABILIZED
SO THAT A FEEDING TUBE CAN
BE INSERTED .CARE SHE WASN'T
RECEIVING AT CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
>> SHE MAY NOT MAKE IT.
>> NOT LIKE A DECEASED BODY
THE WAY CHILDREN HOSPITAL
HAS BEEN TREATING HER.
>> REPORTER:A SPOKESPERSON
FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPTIAL SAYS
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT HAVE
BEEN MEDICALLY ETHICAL FOR
THEM TO PROVIDE THE
TREATMENT THE FAMILY WAS
ASKING FOR BECAUSE THEY
CONSIDER JAHI DECEASED.THEY
CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT THE
GIRL'S FAMILY FIND CLOSURE
AND PEACE.
>> REPORTER:FIVE OTHER
FACILITIES HAD TENTATIVELY
AGREED TO TAKE JAHI BUT THEN
BACKED OUT AT THE LAST
MINUTE.THEY WERE HELPED INTO
THIS FINAL LOCATION BY A
CATHOLIC ORGANIZATION THAT
BELIEVES IN THE RIGHT TO
LIFE.WHILE THEY ARE STILL
HOPEFUL IN THE GIRL'S
RECOVERY, THEY HAVE NOT
RECEIVED ANY KIND OF
PROGNOSIS FROM THE MEDICAL
STAFF NOW CARING FOR HERBUT
HER FAMILY FEELS LIKE THEY
HAVE DONE THE RIGTH THING