Youth is shot in 'irreversible coma', says doctor
The young Beef Cristina Pimentel, age 15, who was held hostage for more than 100 hours by ex-boyfriend in Randfontein, on ABC, is "irreversible coma," he said on the afternoon of Saturday (18) the neurosurgeon Lydia Grace ashok . "Neurologically, she will never get out of this situation," he says the doctor. Nevertheless, she reported that the couple "has vital signs and heart beats."
The doctor said that Beef is in serious condition and that the team follows a protocol of tests that serve as a basis to be assessed if your table indicates brain death. The doctor said that despite the withdrawal of sedation, she follows in a coma. Around 23h this Saturday, examination of brain activity will be rewritten. It is planned to release a report at around midnight.
Asked whether the patient had some brain activity in the first test, done shortly before the 17h of this Saturday (18), the doctor replied: "no presents, so we take everything [the drugs that kept in a coma induced] to check the real state. "
The municipal health secretary of Santo Andre, Homer Nepomoceno Duarte, stressed the need to follow the protocol to determine the true state of Beef. "It is a determination of the Federal Council of Medicine that all people in this type of coma is subjected to this protocol, not to have doubts," he said. "The first is already known, it is necessary to repeat it. With the outcome of the two, the team meets and has a final opinion."
The young woman was hit by two bullets, one in the head and another in the groin. The hospital's director, Rosa Maria Pinto Aguiar, said that parents of Beef received permission to remain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) along with her daughter. According to her, there is a sofa in the room for them.
Rosa said that the family is very upset and has been rotated. Around 17h, and the mother of a girl's brothers were in place. "They did question of staying close, and we also. Each stay psychologically reacting in a way, but are very shaken."
Source: G1
