"Three different physicians have administered brain death examinations and each found the results to be consistent with brain death," according to papers filed by attorneys for the hospital. Additional exams confirmed brain death, a declaration of death was issued and doctors decided to disconnect the boy from a machine making his heart beat. Federal law, they argued, provides an exception for the religious belief that brain death does not exist. His parents transferred Israel to Kaiser in Roseville, the court documents said. Israel was being treated for an asthma attack in early April when he went into cardiac arrest at a pediatric intensive care unit, according to court documents.

Source: CNN May 11, 2016 23:37 UTC