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Kieren Williams

'Brain dead' dad shows signs of life moments before organs harvested for donation

A dad pronounced brain dead by doctors showed signs of neurological activity moments before his organs were about to be harvested for donation.

Ryan Marlow spent two weeks in Atrium Health Wake Forest Bapist Medical Center in North Carolina, USA, suffering from listeria when doctors declared him “clinically deceased" on August 27.

The 37-year-old dad-of-three’s condition had taken a sharp turn for the worse after swelling on the brain.

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