Times of India |
Surgeon suspended from Birmingham hospital over allegedly ‘branding’ his …
Times of India LONDON: A surgeon has been suspended over allegations that he “branded” his initials onto a patient’s liver. The letters were reportedly found by a colleague who was performing a routine operation on the unnamed patient. University Hospitals Birmingham … |
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Judge Rules Jahi McMath, 13-Year-Old Declared Brain Dead Following …
Huffington Post Arthur L. Caplan, who leads the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center and is not involved in Jahi’s case, told The Associated Press that once brain death has been declared, a hospital is under no obligation to keep a patient on a … |
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Calif. judge: Brain-dead teen can be taken off life support
CBS News Arthur L. Caplan, who leads the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center and is not involved in Jahi’s case, told The Associated Press that once brain death has been declared, a hospital is under no obligation to keep a patient on a … |
The New Indian Express |
Yashoda Performs Rare Heart Transplant Surgery
The New Indian Express VS Anuradha, PRO, Jeevandhan, said that they were able to counsel 211 people in the state and out of them only 40 donated organs. ”With this we were able to donate organs to 180 recipients. If more people come forward, more patients in need of organs … Yashoda Hospitals performs rare heart transplant on a 25-year old motherBusiness Standard |
CNN |
Social media helps Maine mother scatter her son’s ashes worldwide
CNN Strangers from India to Jamaica are spreading his ashes in tribute to the adventurous young man. A separate Facebook page … His mother asks the recipient to think about her son and the people he helped through organ donation. She also asks that in … Maine mom uses social media to scatter son’s ashesColorado Springs Gazette |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Judge rules against brain-dead girl’s family
San Francisco Chronicle The law requires that a hospital provide families with a “reasonably brief period of accommodation” between a finding of brain death and the discontinuing of mechanical support, giving relatives a chance to gather at the patient’s bedside. The Oakland … |
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New Device May Help With Congestive Heart Failure
CBS Local PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Fred Fortson loves to walk — in his neighborhood, to his favorite stores, to see his nearby relatives. But, congestive heart failure kept him from what he loved. “I was weak all the time. I would walk a block and be exhausted,” he … |
Guardian Express |
Brain Death, Yes; but California Teen Still Alive Christmas Eve Says Family
Guardian Express However, Jahi’s immediate family argues that she may have suffered brain death, but she is still alive this Christmas Eve, and they do not want her taken off of life support. Hospital lawyers have disagreed arguing that the Northern California teen is … |
New York Daily News |
California girl ruled brain dead
New York Daily News Arthur L. Caplan, who leads the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center and is not involved in Jahi’s case, told The Associated Press that once brain death has been declared, a hospital is under no obligation to keep a patient on a … |
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Jahi McMath: Judge denies petition to keep girl on ventilator past Dec. 30
San Jose Mercury News Fisher told the court in an open hearing that the Oakland girl “meets all the criteria of brain death.” Fisher, chief of pediatric neurology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, performed an electroencephalogram, or EEG, to measure activity in the … |