Can you recover from being brain dead?

There are people classified as brain dead who still have activity going in in the brain stem--those are the ones who could have a chance at recovery---and that also depends on the injury sustained to the brain. Those who show no activity in the brain stem are literally brain dead without any hope of recovery. read more

Steven was rushed to hospital and surgeons performed a craniotomy to help alleviate any swelling on his brain. But despite the operation being successful, brain scans failed to detect any electrical pulses and he was declared brain dead. Steven said: "As far as I am concerned, living is a full recovery. read more