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Judge orders 10-month-old baby to be removed from life support at Texas Childrenโs Hospital
Read full article: Judge orders 10-month-old baby to be removed from life support at Texas Childrenโs HospitalHOUSTON โ A judge denied a temporary injunction Friday and granted Texas Childrenโs hospital the power to take a 10-month-old baby boy off life support on Monday at noon unless the parents file a new motion. Court documents show the boy was taken to Texas Childrenโs Hospital, where medical staff informed the boyโs parents that nothing could be done and the 10-month-old was to be taken off life support. Read: Parents file motion to stop Texas Childrenโs Hospital from removing child from life supportA doctor with Texas Childrenโs Hospital said that Nickโs brain is not working and that his lungs and kidneys are not functioning. In closing arguments, Texas Childrenโs Hospitalโs attorney said Torres has been dead for six days and that the hospital did everything it could to provide an appropriate treatment to its patients and to support the families in difficult times. The judge said she had to deny the parents' temporary injunction because of the law.