Fixing brain injuries?

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Ok so my scientist got shot in the head and now she can't do research or medicine well and sucks at negotiation. Is there anything I can do about it?

[flu007]

Cross your fingers and hope a healer mech serum shows up as a quest reward.

I'm in the same position at the moment (though just with one of many colonists, not a critical one.)

[Praeceptorem Poloniae]

If you have DE Surgeries you can fix that problem, but such solution require a lot of work before being implemented, as you need proper hospital and surgeon to be sure that patient won't die due to botched surgery

[AlP]

Luciferium and healer mech serum can fix brain damage.

[Païtiti]

You need Luciferium. Come, I`ll give you the first dose for free...

[sbmarauderman03]

Dev mode, restore head.

[For_Science!]

Brain injuries are one case in which Luciferium is worth the risk. Your scientist's brain will heal slowly over time. In fact, once the brain damage is gone, she'll be BETTER than before at nearly everything. But she'll be permanently addicted to Luciferium, and if she ever runs out of the drug, the withdrawal will drive her mad and then kill her.

Once she's accepted the "deal with Lucifer", make sure she only takes the drug when needed to stave off withdrawal; her supply will last longer that way. If she DOES run out, one way to save her life is a cryosleep casket until you find a new supply of Luciferium. (Cryptosleep units can be researched eventually, but until then, you can often find them by opening "ancient danger" sites.)

If you DO ever find cryptosleep caskets in Ancient Danger sites, make sure not to accidentally dismantle them along with the walls and floor. They are literal lifesavers.

A safer option, as others have mentioned, is healer mech serum. Her brain will recover instantly, with no bad side effects. Make sure that she doesn't have any OTHER life-threatening injuries or illnesses at the time, though; the serum will only heal one condition, and the game decides which is the "worst" thing she's suffering from.

Of course, Luciferium is way easier to find than healer mech serum...