Redish’s lawyer, Richard Gurfein, said the suit against St. Barnabas Hospital, Dr. Darryl Adler, Dr. Richard Stumacher, Dr. Abdurham Ahmed and the estate of Dr. Ronald Ciubutaro centered around their decision to continue treating Redish at the hospital rather than transferring her to nearby facilities with technology known as ECMO, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, was available to remove the excessive carbon dioxide in her brain and prevent an injury.