Argumentative Essay On Brain Death
Young Curtis Junior Pierre violent death may have been a consequence of his own wrongdoing, but his final contribution on this earth could just save the life of two people afflicted with kidney failure.
As he laid brain dead at the San Fernando General Hospital, doctors were able to harvest his pair of kidneys which were handed over to the National Organ Transplant Unit. Pierre, who turned 16 on April 29, spent a week at the Intensive Care Unit after being beaten by patrons at PJ’s Recreation Club. Police said he and an armed accomplice went into the bar where they assaulted a casino operator and robbed patrons of cash and jewellery. After storming club owner Phoolmatie John’s home and fought with her son, patrons dragged him outside and beat …show more content…
Of course when you are brain dead, there is no coming back. Also, when the brain is dead, your pressure may fall, your heart rate will slow so we had to keep his heart going and his pressure up.
“Yes we have seen people coming out of comas after years but they would have had brain activity during that time. There are tests to confirm that the brain is dead. We don't just hasten to declare someone brain dead, we have a criteria to diagnosed brain death.
“And yes, it is not done once but more than once in separate occasions by different doctors. There is a brain death protocol put out by the Ministry of Health, which of course, we followed.” He said after series of test were done, the condition was explained to his family. His mother Kndra Commissiong was approached on May 3 and a team of surgeons from the Eric Williams Medical Science Centre performed the surgery and successfully harvested the kidneys. After that, he died.
“His mother was approached and she agreed. From there, we made all arrangements for his kidneys to be taken out. With him being brain dead,we had to use the necessary drugs to keep him alive to make sure the kidneys stay alive. After consent was given, we took him to operating theatre and a team came down from Eric Williams Medical Sciences Centre and with our doctors as well, they removed the
As he laid brain dead at the San Fernando General Hospital, doctors were able to harvest his pair of kidneys which were handed over to the National Organ Transplant Unit. Pierre, who turned 16 on April 29, spent a week at the Intensive Care Unit after being beaten by patrons at PJ’s Recreation Club. Police said he and an armed accomplice went into the bar where they assaulted a casino operator and robbed patrons of cash and jewellery. After storming club owner Phoolmatie John’s home and fought with her son, patrons dragged him outside and beat …show more content…
Of course when you are brain dead, there is no coming back. Also, when the brain is dead, your pressure may fall, your heart rate will slow so we had to keep his heart going and his pressure up.
“Yes we have seen people coming out of comas after years but they would have had brain activity during that time. There are tests to confirm that the brain is dead. We don't just hasten to declare someone brain dead, we have a criteria to diagnosed brain death.
“And yes, it is not done once but more than once in separate occasions by different doctors. There is a brain death protocol put out by the Ministry of Health, which of course, we followed.” He said after series of test were done, the condition was explained to his family. His mother Kndra Commissiong was approached on May 3 and a team of surgeons from the Eric Williams Medical Science Centre performed the surgery and successfully harvested the kidneys. After that, he died.
“His mother was approached and she agreed. From there, we made all arrangements for his kidneys to be taken out. With him being brain dead,we had to use the necessary drugs to keep him alive to make sure the kidneys stay alive. After consent was given, we took him to operating theatre and a team came down from Eric Williams Medical Sciences Centre and with our doctors as well, they removed the