Mumbai, India
Dr. Avinash on the post-mortem table was taken aback by the absence of the hippocampus. Dr. Avinash observed that the hippocampus appeared to have been subpially separated from the brainstem and amygdala and removed. He noted that the superomedial amygdala remained intact. The manner in which the hippocampus had been removed seemed hurried and not meticulously surgically dissected. Based on his experience, he suspected this was done post-mortem.
No permission was asked, no information was given, and without the knowledge of anyone, why was a biopsy from Brain tissue taken?
Not in one operation theatre, not in one centre, not in one country? What is happening?
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Milan, Italy:
Dr. Filipo began the procedure of making burr holes—approximately fourteen millimetres in size—in the skull. The first hole was placed above the thickest part of the hematoma, with additional holes as needed to insert a drain dorsally into the deepest point of the hematoma...