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foxnews.com/us/2011/03/21/baby-joseph-undergoes-surgery-portable-breathing-tube-hospital/
"The terminally ill Canadian baby at the center of a right-to-life dispute has received a tracheotomy and is expected to remain in intensive care for seven to 10 days in St. Louis.
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center agreed to perform the procedure on 13-month-old Joseph Maraachli, known to the world as “Baby Joseph,” after his doctors at an Ontario hospital determined he was in a permanent vegetative state. The surgery will allow a breathing tube to be inserted into the baby’s throat, which is what his parents say he needs to live his remaining days at home with them.
The baby, who was hours away from being pulled off life support at the Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario, was rescued last week by the national director of Priests for Life and taken to Cardinal Glennon for treatment. …"
"The terminally ill Canadian baby at the center of a right-to-life dispute has received a tracheotomy and is expected to remain in intensive care for seven to 10 days in St. Louis.
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center agreed to perform the procedure on 13-month-old Joseph Maraachli, known to the world as “Baby Joseph,” after his doctors at an Ontario hospital determined he was in a permanent vegetative state. The surgery will allow a breathing tube to be inserted into the baby’s throat, which is what his parents say he needs to live his remaining days at home with them.
The baby, who was hours away from being pulled off life support at the Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario, was rescued last week by the national director of Priests for Life and taken to Cardinal Glennon for treatment. …"