Rare organ donation: heart, liver, kidneys of brain dead woman gives lease of life to 24-year-old

Mumbai | Monday | 26th February, 2018

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The woman’s family agreed to donate her heart, liver, kidneys and lungs following her death due to brain stroke. Her liver and heart were transplanted into a Silvassa resident, who was waitlisted at Fortis Hospital in Mulund for two organs. (Representational Image) Fortis Hospital in Mulund for two organs. Fortis Hospital in Mulund for two organs. (Representational Image)In a rare cadaveric organ donation, a 40-year-old brain dead woman gave a fresh lease of life to a 24-year-old man, suffering from cirrhosis of liver and congestive heart disease, after he was transplanted with two of her organs on Sunday..