[Grunthor]

From your link;

Isaiah was born in the Rocky Mountain House Hospital after a difficult 40-hour delivery. On Oct. 24th, the boy was airlifted to Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital because Isaiah’s umbilical cord had been wrapped around his neck, resulting in severe oxygen deprivation. He was then placed on a ventilator in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.

The hospital declared Isaiah “brain dead”

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What do YOU consider “brain dead?”

[wagglebee]

What do YOU consider “brain dead?”

As best I've ever been able to tell "brain dead" is a term used to rationalize killing someone:

"Brain Death" is Life, Not Death: Neurologists and Bioethicists Unanimous at Conference

 

"Brain Death" Test Causes Brain Necrosis and Kills Patients: Neurologist to Rome Conference

 

Deciding when life has come to an end, Medical board to review who can declare when brain dead

 

The Demise of "Brain Death"

Vatican Newspaper: Brain Death and thus Organ Donation Must be Reconsidered

 

[EDINVA]

Your excerpt raises the question of why the mother had a “difficult 40-hour delivery.” Why wouldn’t they do a caesarian after a certain amount of time, say 12 hours? The fetal monitor should have indicated there was some problem. This makes the whole story even more distressing.