Baby Emilio Gets Reprieve, GAL Sides With Hospital
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Whenever a guardian ad litem is appointed by a court to represent the best interest of a child, in each specific case it is presumed that the guardian ad litem has no bias against either party or any preconceived notions regarding the outcome of the case. However, in the Texas Futile Care Law case involving 17-month old Emilio Gonzales who has been sentenced to die by the ethics committee of Children’s Hospital of Austin, operated by Seton Family of Hospitals, the GAL report appears to have been written by the hospital’s legal counsel, not an impartial fact-finder and could set the stage for a motion for his removal. The toddler is believed to have Leigh’s Disease, a degenerative neurological illness. Children’s Hospital has been threatening since March to remove the toddler’s life support after the hospital ethics committee decided it was “futile” to continue treatment. More : northcountrygazette.org |