Doctor to be investigated over delaying treatment of headscarved womanToday’s ZamanThe delay is thought to have led to her brain death. Aynur Tezcan (20) was taken by ambulance to the emergency ward at İstanbul University's Çapa Medical Faculty, …

No Lesco relief for Jinnah Surprise outage blamed for girl's brain death in …DAWN.comLAHORE, April 1: Unscheduled power outages have started taking toll on patients as sudden electricity suspension during a surgery at Jinnah Hospital left a young…

House Calls: The Doctor on the Road #1The Province (blog)Four to six minutes to brain death and around eight minutes to cardiac arrest, we're told. The consulting spinal surgeon at the hospital was reasonable. He understood my patient couldn't …

Couple see miracle in son's recoveryRapid City JournalIf the swelling continued, it could press on his brain stem and cause brain death. If he lived, they believed Liam would be unable to breathe on his own, walk or talk. The couple was given the o…

What Is Brain Death? What About Brain Death Testing?Surgery.about.comBy Jennifer Heisler, RN, About.com Guide March 31, 2012 Have you heard the term brain death and wondered what it really means? You aren't alone. You may hear people joking about b…

Los Angeles TimesWhen are you dead?Minnesota Public RadioDon't let the fact that this piece is published in a medical journal scare you away, it's a great read that talks about a move toward organ donation after cardiac death, as opposed to the…

The original owner of Cheney's heartDaily CallerIn 1968, 13 men at Harvard Medical School formed a committee to define a new set of criteria for death: brain death. The cardiopulmonary criteria — you're dead when your heart stops irreversibly…

New York Times'The Undead,' by Dick TeresiNew York TimesAdopted in 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act states that in order to pronounce brain death, “the entire brain must cease to function, irreversibly.” But the act is silent on…

A voice that should be heardHaaretzWhether brain death should qualify as death is not a medical question, but depends on philosophical, moral and religious values and ethics. By David Shabtai Jews have historically consulted rabbis for almost all decis…

Protest at NICH after death of three childrenThe News International“One of them was brought to the NICH and already had brain death,” Dr Raza said. Health Secretary Hashim Raza Zaidi confirmed what Dr Raza had said. Talking to The News, he said one…