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30. Further, the MACT rightly takes into consideration the fact that the deceased had suffered cervical spinal-cord injuries with neurological level of C4. We may gainfully refer to the medical definition of quadriplegia from medical dictionary of health terms by Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School which is "paralysis of all limbs, often caused by a severe neck injury". Since the spinal-cord co-ordinates body movement and sensation, an injured spinal-cord loses ability to send and receive messages from the brain to the body's system that controls sensory, motor and autonomic function. It is the cervical level injury that causes paralysis. The same happened with the deceased in the instant case i.e. a condition of quadriplegia where she lost all her limbs as deposed by Dr. Sondeo in his evidence due to the cervical-cord injury which is corroborated by the discharge certificate/summary dated 29 June 2012 issued by the Kokilaben Hospital and not disputed by the appellants.