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Supreme Court to review ‘brain death’ tests amid organ harvesting fears

The Indian Express·Express News Service·about 1 month ago
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The bench was hearing the septuagenarian’s appeal challenging the June 28, 2017, Kerala High Court order which failed to grant him the reliefs prayed for. (Image generated using AI) The Supreme Court Tuesday indicated that it will seek expert opinion on whether brain angiogram and Electroencephalogram (EEG) are better modes to determine if a person is brain dead, compared to the Apnea test followed currently. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said it would ask the Head of Neurology Department, AIIMS, to constitute the committee which can provide its views on the safety and viability of the tests suggested by Kerala-based medic and activist S Ganapathy, who has been fighting alleged malpractises in brain death certification which he claims is done to facilitate harvesting of organs for transplantation. The bench was hearing the septuagenarian’s appeal challenging the June 28, 2017, Kerala High Court order which failed to grant him the reliefs prayed for.…

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