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Woman reiterates wish to remain on ventilator

The state Appellate Division, Second Department, denied a

Photo credit: Handout | The state Appellate Division, Second Department, denied a petition by Sungeun Grace Lee's parents to stay a restraining order that prevented hospital officials from removing her from a respirator.

The terminally ill woman at the center of an end-of-life care dispute with her parents reiterated Sunday her wish to remain on a ventilator at a Long Island hospital, her lawyer said.

Sungeun Grace Lee, whose initial request to be taken off a ventilator at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset was met with court action by her parents, told her attorney on Saturday that she wanted to...

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