Labour MP Karl Chircop was declared clinically dead on Sunday.

The 43-year-old MP had suffered a cerebral haemorrhage last August and was in a coma ever since. He had been receiving treatment in London’s National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

A Labour Party press release stated that while the MP is clinically dead, he is still being kept alive through support machines. Tests are currently being held to determine which organs can be donated, following which the machines will be switched off in the coming hours.

This decision was taken considering Chircop’s altruistic nature and the Labour Party said it was publishing the information with the family’s permission.

Meanhwile in a DOI press release, condolences were expressed to the Chircop family.

Parliamentary Speaker Louis Galea personally spoke to Adriana Chircop, wife of the late MP and expressed the Parliament’s and nation’s solidarity. Karl Chircop is survived by four children.

MP Karl Chircop will be remembered during Monday’s Parliamentary Sitting, the DOI press release stated.