These 140 doctors will certify Brain Deaths in Kerala
KOCHI: Following the announcement that the presence of government doctors is mandatory for the certification of brain stem deaths,the Kerala government has now come up with a list of 140 doctor who who can certify brain death.
All the 140 doctors will under the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) in the panel to certify brain death.
The announcement comes forward, after the private hospitals were experiencing severe delays in declaration of deaths as no government doctor would come forward to certify these brain death.
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TOI cited an incident of last week, when there was crisis over harvesting the organs of a brain-dead patient as none of the government doctors was ready to certify brain death. Dr Vidya, the nodal officer, despite repeated efforts, the private hospital couldn't arrange a government doctor for brain death certification.
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