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Just hours before he was scheduled to be disconnected from vital machinery on March 3, loved ones recorded what they believe to be signs of life: Banda’s eyes appearing to follow the cellphone his wife moved in front of his face. Despite being put on life support, family members say he is responsive. The family of Andres Banda, a 43-year-old husband and father from Lake Elsinore, is advocating to keep him on life support after doctors at Loma Linda Medical Center declared him brain-dead in February.īanda was originally hospitalized with COVID-19 in January and was in intensive care when complications, including pneumonia, arose. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.