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Case of a california teen who doctors say was left brain dead following complications from a reportedly routine tonsillectomy. the attorney representing the family saying they have found a facility where they're hoping she can make a miraculous recovery. after a court appointed doctor completed that the girl's condition is irreversible. our guest is a private physician who can weigh in on this. you dealt with a lot of cases in surgery and anesthesiology. have you ever heard anything like this, where a routine tonsillectomy goes so very wrong? >> even simple cases can be problems. most of the t...

Give it the authority to do so. the attorney representing jahi mcmath, the oakland girl declared written dead from a routine tonsillectomy has found a new center to take their daughter to. this plan to move her is very complicated i would imagine? >> that is right. it sparked a new battle between the family and children's hospital in oakland where jahi mcmath has been on a ventilator since december 12th.

If the family wants to pay on their own dime and keep the child alive they can do that as long-as they want. there is no law that says they have to terminate the child's life. but who has the mun ay to do that. >> i think what is so tragic is a child goes in for a routine tonsillectomy and becomes brain dead so you have a wrongful death lawsuit that is brought. but i think there is a $250 cap on damages, right? >> there is for med-malpractice claims. and that means the hospital has a financial interest in stopping all of the measures for jahi mcmath at this point. the family wants more time to

Girl and what happened to her. she was declared a brain dead add her routine tonsillectomy. her family thick she can recover and that a second opinion will help keep her on a ventilator. >> reporter: a hearing is scheduled fear -- scheduled for 9:30 this morning when a california judge will hear testimony. the chief of neurology at stanford university brought in by the judge to give him an entirely different opinion. the judge is expected to rule for the family's request by a controversial expert from the university of toledo who has

Manufacturers. >> moving on to this story. a family, a horrible sad story, battling a california hospital now to keep their daughter on life support. the 13-year-old suffered cardiac arrest due to complications during a routine tonsillectomy. the hospital says she's brain dead. a judge today appointing an independent expert to examine the teen. should the hospital give in to the parents? doug, let me start with you on this. the family does not want to believe that their child is dead. we can all probably -- we don't want to be in that situation. we can probably relate. >> absolutely. >> they g...