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Podcast: Doctor Vs Comedian
Episode: Episode 76: Brain Death and the Archie Battersbee Case
Description: On today’s special episode the guys forgo an entertainment topic to focus on the Archie Bastersbee case in the UK and the concept of brain death. They guys start off by discussing how he sustained a brain injury supposedly while doing a TikTok “Blackout challenge. They discuss how his doctors diagnosed him as “brain dead” but the family disagreed with the diagnosis and appealed to courts in the UK, as well as the UN. Asif then discusses the 2 different ways to diagnose death (cardiac and neurological) and the tests neurologists use to determine brain death. The guys also talk abou...