( CNN ) -- The family of Terri Schiavo has joined the battle over Jahi McMath , a 13-year-old girl on a ventilator who has been declared dead by doctors . `` Together with our team of experts , Terri 's Network believes Jahi 's case is representative of a very deep problem within the U.S. healthcare system -- particularly those issues surrounding the deaths of patients within the confines of hospital corporations , which have a vested financial interest in discontinuing life , '' the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network said in a prepared statement . The organization said it has been overseeing the efforts of several groups to help get Jahi transferred out of Children 's Hospital Oakland and brought `` to a safe place . '' Jahi 's family said Tuesday it had found a facility in New York willing to take her . The Oakland hospital `` refused to agree to allow us to proceed in that matter , '' Jahi 's uncle Omari Sealey said . The hospital denied the accusation . `` We have done everything to assist the family of Jahi McMath in their quest to take the deceased body of their daughter to another medical facility , '' hospital spokesman Sam Singer said . `` To date , they have been unwilling or unable to provide a physician to perform the procedures necessary , transportation , or a facility that would accept a dead person on a ventilator . Our hearts and thoughts go out to them in this tragic situation , but the statements being made by their attorney and some family members are misleading and untrue . '' Family attorney Christopher Dolan had accused the hospital of being `` hell bent '' on ending Jahi 's life . A judge has declared Jahi brain dead as well . Doctors say there 's no chance she will come back to life . Omari Sealey , Jahi 's uncle , said Wednesday that the family still hopes to move her to another facility . He accused the hospital of starving his niece by not using a feeding tube to provide her with nutrients . Singer said a judge Tuesday had dismissed the family 's request for additional medical procedures , including a feeding tube . A deadline loomed Monday as a judge had said the hospital could disconnect the machines after 5 p.m. ( 8 p.m . ET ) . But shortly before Jahi could have been cut off , that same judge extended his order to 5 p.m. ( 8 p.m . ET ) on January 7 . Terri Schiavo died in 2005 , nearly two weeks after doctors removed the feeding tube that had sustained her for more than a decade . She was severely brain damaged and became a national focal point in the right-to-die battle . Her husband and guardian , Michael Schiavo , said she would n't have wanted to live in her condition , which Florida courts deemed a `` persistent vegetative state . '' Her parents fought to have her kept alive . `` Persistent vegetative state , '' however , means the brain still has some activity , even though the patient is in a deep state of unconsciousness . Another word for this is `` coma , '' according to the National Institutes of Health . Schiavo 's parents , brother and sister created the Life & Hope Network . The statement Wednesday about Jahi included a quote from Bobby Schindler , Terri Schiavo 's brother and executive director of the organization . `` Families and individuals must make themselves aware of what so-called 'brain death ' is and what it is not , '' he said . `` Every person needs to understand that medical accidents happen every day . Families and individuals must be more aware of the issue of accountability and patient rights . '' Last month , Jahi had surgery to remove her tonsils , adenoids and extra sinus tissue . Doctors had recommended the surgery to treat pediatric obstructive sleep apnea , a condition that made her stop breathing in her sleep and caused other medical problems . Before the surgery , Jahi said she was worried that she would never wake up , according to her uncle . She seemed fine after the surgery and asked for a Popsicle because her throat hurt . It was n't long before something went terribly wrong . In the intensive care unit , the girl began bleeding profusely -- an image that her mother told CNN would be forever seared in her mind . According to family members , Jahi went into cardiac arrest . Days later , she was declared brain dead . Hospital officials have said privacy laws prevent them from discussing details of the case . CNN 's Elizabeth Landau contributed to this report .
Jahi McMath 's uncle says the family still hopes to move her to another facility . The girl was found unresponsive in a bathtub at an apartment complex on December 23 and pronounced dead two days later. Oakland hospital where Jahi now lies calls the McMath family claims untrue . She 'll be kept on machines through 5 p.m. January 7 , under a court order .