Malaysian back-from-the-dead man is holding on to life
By Derrick Vinesh in Butterworth/The Star | ANN – Sun, Apr 17, 2011 2:30 PM MYTButterworth (The Star/ANN) - The 65-year-old man who came back to life after being dead for two-and-a-half hours on Thursday, in what is believed to be the first of its kind in Malaysia, is in stable condition.
Ng Swee Hock, however, is still unconscious at the critical care unit (CCU) of the Seberang Jaya Hospital here.
"According to the state Health Department, the patient is still on a ventilator machine at the CCU," Penang executive councillor Phee Boon Poh, who heads the state Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment committee, said.
Ng had stopped breathing at his home in Jalan Tok Elong, Tanah Liat in Bukit Mertajam, and was pronounced dead by doctors at the Seberang Jaya Hospital after he was admitted there at about 11am.
It was reported that although doctors did a CPR on him for 45 minutes, he did not respond.
However, Ng started to breathe again two-and-a-half hours after being pronounced dead.
Hospital director Dr Sukumar Mahesan said an independent board of inquiry into the case found it to be consistent with the Lazarus phenomenon (a spontaneous return of circulation after failed attempts at resuscitation).
Occurrences of the syndrome are rare and the causes are not well understood. There are only 38 cases in the world up to June 2009.
According to Wikipedia, one theory is the build-up of pressure in the chest as a result of CPR.
The relaxation of pressure after resuscitation efforts had ended is thought to allow the heart to expand, triggering the heart's electrical impulses and re-starting it.
Other possible factors are hyperkalaemia or high doses of adrenaline.
Ng Swee Hock, however, is still unconscious at the critical care unit (CCU) of the Seberang Jaya Hospital here.
"According to the state Health Department, the patient is still on a ventilator machine at the CCU," Penang executive councillor Phee Boon Poh, who heads the state Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment committee, said.
Ng had stopped breathing at his home in Jalan Tok Elong, Tanah Liat in Bukit Mertajam, and was pronounced dead by doctors at the Seberang Jaya Hospital after he was admitted there at about 11am.
It was reported that although doctors did a CPR on him for 45 minutes, he did not respond.
However, Ng started to breathe again two-and-a-half hours after being pronounced dead.
Hospital director Dr Sukumar Mahesan said an independent board of inquiry into the case found it to be consistent with the Lazarus phenomenon (a spontaneous return of circulation after failed attempts at resuscitation).
Occurrences of the syndrome are rare and the causes are not well understood. There are only 38 cases in the world up to June 2009.
According to Wikipedia, one theory is the build-up of pressure in the chest as a result of CPR.
The relaxation of pressure after resuscitation efforts had ended is thought to allow the heart to expand, triggering the heart's electrical impulses and re-starting it.
Other possible factors are hyperkalaemia or high doses of adrenaline.
http://my.news.yahoo.com/malaysian-back-dead-man-holding-life-20110416-233005-017.html
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