RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge won't decide for several weeks whether a Reno hospital can withdraw life-support from a 20-year-old woman who was declared brain-dead more than six months ago.
Washoe County Family Court Judge Frances Doherty on Wednesday set additional hearings Dec. 29 and Jan. 22 to hear evidence in the case of Aden Hailu.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Nov. 19 the judge erred when she rejected Hailu's family's request to order Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center to keep her alive.
The hospital declared the University of Nevada, Reno, freshman brain dead in May, several weeks after she failed to regain consciousness following abdominal surgery.
Family lawyer David O'Mara says the state high court ruling shows that Nevada's legal definition of death hasn't been met.