Brain Death my foot, they can answer questions and think! HOTA=MURDER!

[hotabandit]

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100204/4/ggih.html


植物人能「動腦」答問題 醫學新發現 病人能思考「說話」
(明報)2010年2月5日 星期五 05:10

【明報專訊】醫學界過往普遍認為植物人無法表達所思所想，但研究人員通過腦部掃描技術，與比利時 一名昏迷5年的植物人溝通，結果發現他不單可了解人們的說話，還能透過腦部活動回應簡單的是非題。

英國 和比利時的研究員在3年研究中，共替23名確診植物人及31名意識微弱的病人進行名為「功能性磁力共震造影」（fMRI）的腦掃描，觀察他們的腦區活動。植物人不能動彈，惟在受刺激時能睜眼；意識微弱者雖有知覺，卻只能發出無意義的語音。

在掃描前，研究員先要求植物人想像兩個畫面，一是「置身網球場內將球打向教練」，這畫面代表「是」，另一是想像「游走在熟悉的街道或在家裏走動」，這畫面代表「否」。專家指出，正常人在進行前一思維時，「活動」腦區會顯得活躍，想像後者時「空間」腦區會變活躍。掃描結果發現，有4名植物人對研究員的說話指示有反應，腦部相關區域有活動。

植物人青年 腦掃描技術顯示答案

研究員更發現，其中一名植物人青年更能正確回應他們的提問。這名現年29歲青年於2003年因交通意外，腦部受重創，身體反應全失。然而，當研究員問他6條個人問題時，如「你爸爸叫托馬斯嗎？」，他透過想像「打網球」及「在家裏走動」正確以「是」和「否」答對頭5條問題。

研究報告刊登在《新英格蘭 醫學雜誌》中。研究小組英方負責人、劍橋 沃爾夫森腦部造影中心的歐文（Adrian Owen）博士說﹕「我們看見病人的掃描結果均感驚訝。我們使用fMRI技術來解碼，發現該名病人可以簡單改變思想，正確回答問題。」不過研究員並不清楚，病人沒有回答最後一題是否因為睡著了，還是失去知覺。

助醫生了解病人痛處落藥

fMRI在健康人士身上使用時，解讀腦部反應的準確性達百分之百，但過去從未試過應用於不能動彈或說話的患者身上，沒想到今次使用，就有驚人發現。歐文說﹕「有些病人似乎行動上屬植物人，但可能並不是。他們或許能作出表達是非的反應。」

研究報告指出，醫護人員或可使用fMRI技術，更有效地診斷患者的意識程度，以便他們與外界維持基本溝通。比利時研究員洛雷（Steven Laureys）希望，假以時日，這種掃描技術能夠發展至「讓一些植物人表達個人情緒和思想，控制他們身處環境及提升生活質素」。神經科專家范豪登胡伊塞（Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse）同意說﹕「到時我們就可以問那些有知覺卻不能活動或說話的病人是否感覺痛苦，以便醫生決定應否處方止痛藥。」

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[Watchman]

Half the Singapore cabinet are talking like brain dead when alive .

All should be HOTAed .

 

[hor_LEE_ber]

Half the Singapore cabinet are talking like brain dead when alive .

All should be HOTAed .

It's a Hor-LEE-Ber govt!

 

[singveld]

part of the brain can work, we need more than part of brain to work.

 

[hotabandit]

part of the brain can work, we need more than part of brain to work.

That means they are alive and not dead, and we should not fucking kill them to rob their fucking human organs!:(

 

[Lee_Gong_Yaw]

CCB! That means KGC can still tell LKY to make their gandson PM AGAIN! KNNCCB!

 

[singveld]

That means they are alive and not dead, and we should not fucking kill them to rob their fucking human organs!:(

the family of those who received the organs will not agree with you.
for them, it is a life saving change.

 

[Einfield]

I think the point is not if HOTA is right or wrong.

But the way they do it, I witness family member in shock, when they are unaware that such law exist.

Doctors and councilors stated pushing them to turn off the life supporting system so they can quickly harvest the organ.

When the family refuse, the use the strong tactic, citing law and even use of force, like the one that came out of papers where police is called in to "Enforce" this law.

Sinkies are a naive lot, they trust everything the papers and PAP say, till it's too late.

The smart one will opt out, let the family member decide if they want to donate.

the family of those who received the organs will not agree with you.
for them, it is a life saving change.

 

[hotabandit]

the family of those who received the organs will not agree with you.
for them, it is a life saving change.

These families can HOTA themselves to save their own loved ones, many people are doing so. They should NEVER murder others to save their own families. If they do then they are alike cannibals.

Furthermore, the law have to be right and acceptable. That means OPT-IN system and not any such BLIND-DEFAULT-CONSENT. It is ok for the organ doners to be consensus as long as they agree and fully understand what is going to happen to themselves and their own organs - BEFORE and not AFTER they are in trouble.

Some people love to die to save others, and they are very willing, we should let them do so.

But what we should not do is to FORCE people with no choice, no agreement, no acceptance to donate their own organs.

We are talking about people who suddenly suffer a stroke or traffic accident, they are fighting for their own survivals and lives while greedy hospitals and government eye their human organs. They had never pre-agreed nor accept nor understand any such donation, and yet you force them to die and then plunder their organs.

This is fucking crime! This is cannibalism!

If the donner already agreed and opt-in way before any misfortune happened to themselves, they understand and are willing to do it, and had signed a legal document with witness there is then no problem, go HOTA them!