Murtaza Bhutto

The patient may be able to breathe and his body functions normally, but the
brain damage is final and this stage is called vegetable, and to come to the
conclusion, one has to look at the pupils to see the extent of damage to the
brain. When the brain damage occurs, the pupils became dilate or else it
contracts and would react to light.
Q: You said his heart started beating again, what did you do next?
A: It should be tried to secure the bleeding points, like the mouth, jaws,
tongue and neck. He was taken to the operation theatre where he was lying
on his back unclad, to look for the bleeding points. There was nothing on the
right side and before anything could be done, his heart again stopped, which
was the second time. We opened the chest for open cardiac massage which
was tried for some time but there was no response and the man died at 11:55
pm. He was declared dead by all of us.
Q: Can you tell at what time he was brought to the hospital?
A: According to the information gathered by me later, the time was 9:20 pm.
Q: Looking at his condition, if he had been taken to other hospital, would that
had made any difference?
A: I don't think so, chances were none, and only a miracle could have saved
him in that condition. When I first saw him at 9:50 pm, he appeared dead.
Q: Had he bled profusely when you saw him first?
A: I guess so.
Q: When was he wheeled into the ICU?
A: I don't know.
Q: Was much time lost in taking him to the operation theatre from the ICU?
A: No. Both the places are on the same floor with no connecting door, only a
passage between corridors of 10- 15 yards and the idea of taking to the
operation theatre was to make him breathe.
Q: Any official agency recorded your statement about the incident etc?
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