Maryland family fighting DC hospital gets a short reprieve
Family fights to keep COVID patient on life support
In DC, a local family is fighting to get an area hospital not to take their loved one off life support.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - On Friday, a Maryland family fighting for local D.C. hospital not to end the life support for a 37-year-old man tells FOX 5 they got a small reprieve: the hospital has given them a two-week extension.
The Maryland family is fighting to keep Nelson Orellana alive. His brother, Aristides Orellana, told FOX 5 MedStar Washington Hospital Center had informed the family they were planning to terminate life support for Nelson on Saturday, December 12, after issuing a one-week extension.
Updated on December 13, 2020 at 11:55 am
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