KOTA KINABALU: A neurosurgeon who treated 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir testified that her condition was already beyond recovery when she was admitted on July 16.
Dr Pavankumar Balachandran, 32, told the Coroner's Court here on Tuesday (Sept 8) that Zara Qairina sustained severe traumatic brain injury with hypoxic changes, leaving her with no brainstem reflexes and unable to breathe on her own.
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