Mr Phillips said the toddler had been "effectively clinically dead" when the paramedics arrived.

BBC: Rio Smedley

He is NOT clinically dead as reported but his health is deteriorating and he is in critical condition.

CNN: Conflicting reports about whether Mubarak has died

As for the Yamuna river, long the main source of the city's drinking water, it is clinically dead.

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State media said Tuesday that Mubarak had been declared clinically dead after being transferred to a hospital from prison.

FORBES: Former Egyptian Leader Mubarak's Health In Question Amid Conflicting Reports

Most organs currently used are taken from patients who are clinically dead, but who are being artificially kept alive.

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"He is not clinically dead as reported, but his health is deteriorating and he is in critical condition, " said Gen.

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After declaring the reinstated parliament "clinically dead" in mid-August, the government further provoked the opposition by asking the Constitutional Court to rule on the validity of the electoral law.

BBC: Kuwait: Political crisis at critical juncture

The dogs were clinically dead, with no heartbeat, respiratory functions, or brain activity, but their tissues and organs were perfectly preserved because the procedure lowers the body temperature to about 50 degrees F.

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Mubarak initially was said to be either clinically dead or o n life support, according to reports out of Cairo, but later a government official said the deposed president was alive and in critical condition, according to news reports.

FORBES: Former Egyptian Leader Mubarak's Health In Question Amid Conflicting Reports