New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it would ask the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a committee to examine the suggestions given by a petitioner relating to the procedure of declaring a patient brain dead.
A two-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a plea challenging a June 2017 order of the Kerala high court. The petitioner had moved the High Court, highlighting the alleged malpractice in declaring a patient to be brain dead.
On Tuesday, the petitioner, who appeared in person, referred to the process of certifying a patient to be brain dead. “There must be verifiable evidence of a patient being brain dead,” the petitioner submitted.
Contending that brain death is a condition when there is no supply of blood to the brain, the petitioner suggested that angiography and an EEG of the brain should be conducted. The electroencephalogram (EEG) test measures electrical activity in the brain. The top court asked the petitioner to give his suggestions in writing.
“We propose to request the head of the department of neurology, AIIMS, to constitute a committee and give us a report or comments on the suggestions made by you,” the court said and posted the matter for hearing in July.
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