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That is shocking. Unfortunately the article doesn't clearly describe the chain of events. The patient was declared brain dead but later showed signs of life. Did the doctors resign because they suspected foul play - i.e. someone knew the patient was not brain dead but greenlit it anyway - or did they simply quit due to the trauma?

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"So the coordinator calls the supervisor at the time. And she was saying that he was telling her that she needed to ‘find another doctor to do it’ – that, ‘We were going to do this case. She needs to find someone else,’ ” Miller says."

"Martin says doctors sedated the patient when he woke up and plans to recover his organs proceeded."

It indicates that they tried to continue the organ retrieval even after learning that the patient is alive.

Thank you, I must have read over it.

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