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Coma Patient and Testimonials before Court of Law

     The Rampage of Second wave of covid 19, Lock down imposed and as usual, I took asylum to OTT Platforms to vent off boredom.      A movie Starring Manoj Bajpayee named "Silence" featured in Zee 5 has a Scene which mooted a question that a coma patient could become a witness of a crime. That Proposition slightly Sounded Strange that How a coma patient become a witness? The question mooted Should be like this "whether a Coma patient could testify as a witness?" Coma:       Coma is a condition of unresponsiveness in which patients lie with their eyes closed, do not respond to attempts to arouse them, and show no evidence of aware ness of self or of their surroundings. [1]   Many Medical literatures are available and many researches are being performed in respect of conciousness & Responsiveness of Coma patients. There are so many causatives for Coma or Comatase. An acute brain injury or a cardiac arrest is one of the most ...