Doctors in Nebraska prolonged the life of a brain dead woman for 54 days so she could deliver a baby boy named Angel.
Karla Perez, 22, died two days after the delivery, the Washington Post
reported late Friday. Angel weighed just 2 pounds, 12.6 ounces at birth.
The last time a brain-dead woman in the U.S. delivered a baby was 1999, the paper said.
Baby Angel was delivered earlier last month at Methodist Health System in Omaha.
The hospital said a team of more than 100 doctors, nurses and staff kept
Angel's 22-year-old mother Karla Perez alive for 54 days -- just long
enough to deliver the baby via cesarean section.