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  4. Dr. Hridya observed a patient lying in coma in trauma centre, virtually supported by machines which replaced heart and lungs. The patient was otherwise brain - dead. This patient would have

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Q. Dr. Hridya observed a patient lying in coma in trauma centre, virtually supported by machines which replaced heart and lungs. The patient was otherwise brain - dead. This patient would have

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Patients which are lying in coma with brain dead has no self consciousness. But because their body systems are still alive and functioning, they can’t also be considered as dead. Therefore, doctors cannot define this state of patients as living or non-living.