{"id":3826,"date":"2011-09-06T11:15:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T15:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2011-08-31T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T15:00:23","slug":"%e2%80%98brain-dead%e2%80%99-quebec-woman-wakes-up-after-family-refuses-organ-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/09\/%e2%80%98brain-dead%e2%80%99-quebec-woman-wakes-up-after-family-refuses-organ-donation","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Brain dead\u2019 Quebec woman wakes up after family refuses organ donation"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Rebecca Millette<\/p>\n

Madeleine Gauron, a Quebec, Canada,\u00a0woman identified as viable for organ donation after doctors diagnosed her as \u201cbrain dead,\u201d surprised her family and physicians when she recovered from a coma, opened her eyes, and began eating.<\/p>\n

The 76-year-old woman was hospitalized at the Hospital Sainte Croix de Drummondville for an inflammation of the gums, which required a brief operation. During her recovery, hospital staff gave the elderly woman solid food, which she had been unable to consume in her family home for some time, and left her unattended. Choking on the food, she fell into a coma, after unsuccessful resuscitation.<\/p>\n

Medical staff contacted her family, explaining to them that their mother was \u201cbrain dead,\u201d with no hope of recovery. Citing Gauron\u2019s eyes as particularly viable, the doctors asked if the family would agree to organ donation.<\/p>\n

While supporting the possibility of donation, her shocked family first demanded further medical tests to prove Gauron was really dead.<\/p>\n

The next day, the family was astonished to learn that Gauron had awakened. Shortly afterwards, she sat up in bed and ate yogurt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we had decided to donate her organs, they would have killed her,\u201d said her son.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes no sense to treat people like that. Although she is 76 years old and is ill, she did not have to suffer all this,\u201d insisted her daughter.<\/p>\n

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