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and responsive when the respirator was removed. Her family claims that she was conscious and responsive and suffocated over the course of 16 minutes. The hospital claims that she had been unconscious and unresponsive since shortly after her admission, due to the large doses of
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to bring the woman's mother to her bedside so that she could die in her mother's arms, but the family said that the process in their home country would take too long.
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Baylor Health Care System Media Statement on the Facts regarding Tirhas Habtegiris
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A statement from the hospital indicates they offered to hire an immigration
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against the wishes of her family. Habtegiris had a form of
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Baylor Health Tirhas Habtegiris Case: Medical History
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Eritrea
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Texas Futile Care Law
"Weighing the True Costs and Benefits in a Matter of Life and Death"
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"Texas Health & Safety Code §166.046"
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Baylor Health Care System Media Statement on the Facts regarding Tirhas Habtegiris
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Baylor Health Tirhas Habtegiris Case: Medical History
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"Woman's death highlights health insurance crisis"
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"Family debates hospital's action in woman's death"

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