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Government brings forward those plans that we have been talking about all day. a judge at the high court has ruled that life—support treatment for a 12 year boy who suffered brain damage should stop. a high courtjudge has ruled that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop — after his parents called for his care to continue as his heart is beating. they argued in court that because his heart was still beating he shouldn't be considered dead and as long as his heart was beating he should have time. they know he is unlikely to recover but the...

A High Court judge concluded late on Friday that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee’s best interests.

Muskan Grover hailing from Himachal’s Solan was declared brain dead after she suffered a head injury but she gave life to 6 patients by organ transplantation at PGIMER in Chandigarh.

Was struggling. then it was just a rush of memories. there were just policemen in the room and there were crouching by her, and someone -- >> paramedics. >> paramedics, fire department. someone said it's her birthday. someone said oh, my god. >> this was done shortly after she arrived in the hospital. >> in a normal brain, there are hills and valleys. in remma's scans, you can see they are lost. so much swelling, so much damage. right away, her doctor suspected abusive head trauma. you've probably heard it called shaken baby syndrome. here's what doctors think happens. it may be hard to watch....

And that blood continued to accumulate, ultimately leading to his death. this is called a subdural hematoma. i don't want people to immediately get frightened that every time they hit their head, this sort of thing is going to happen. if you look at that image, that slow bleeding may accumulate on top of the brain. the brain, because it's encased in bone, it has nowhere to go. as a result, that can lead to pressure on the brain stem and ultimately take someone's life. that's typically what happens in these situations. that's what's called an acute subdural hematoma, something that happens sudd...