A pathologist about to perform an autopsy on a man who had been pronounced dead for hours succeeded in resuscitating the man after he felt a pulse.
The man identified as Himanshu Bharadwaj, who resided at Professor Colony in Chhindwara, suffered severe injury in a road accident on Sunday evening. he was taken to a hospital but was rushed to another when his condition worsened.
The new hospital a private one in India, later declared Bharadwaj declared brain-dead. They took him back to Chhindwara District Hospital where he was pronounced dead and his ‘body’ sent for autopsy. .
Pathologist Dr. Nirnay Pandey, who was set to perform the autopsy detected Bharadwaj’s pulse. He was immediately taken to a ward in the hospital and attended to.
“The man was declared brain-dead and upon his arrival at Chhindwara hospital his respiration was dysfunctional and the pulse was also missing. .
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However, his respiratory organs began responding this morning,” Dr C Gedam of the Chhindwara District Hospital said. “At times, in brain-dead patients, the heart and the respiratory system stop functioning transiently, which seems to be the case here. .
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Himanshu is still brain-dead. Thus, we have referred him to Nagpur due to lack of sufficient facilities locally,” the doctor added.
