Bengaluru: Brain dead farmer saves six lives

  • | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

Ravi's heart valves have been sent to Manipal Hospital and his corneas have been sent to Narayana Nethralaya. He had met with a road accident on the night of February 17 at 10.30 pm near Nagamangala in Mandya and was being treated at a local hospital before being brought to Bengaluru. BENGALURU: A 39-year-old man, who was declared brain dead after a fatal accident, has given a new lease of life to at least six people, through cadaver organ donation.Ravi (name changed), a farmer by profession, was brought to Sparsh Super Specialty Hospital in Yeshwanthpur on February 18 at 6.50am after he sustained severe head and leg injuries. At Sparsh, he was admitted in the ICU, but was declared brain dead post evaluation.Ravi's family was counseled and they agreed for organ donation after his death.Ravi's liver, kidneys, lungs, heart valves and corneas were successfully harvested for transplant.The harvested left kidney was transplanted into a 12-year-old girl suffering from a chronic kidney disease at Sparsh while his liver was received by another male patient in the same hospital.The lungs have been absorbed by an elderly patient at BGS Global Hospitals, while his right kidney was donated to a senior citizen at Sagar Hospitals.

BENGALURU: A 39-year-old man, who was declared brain dead after a fatal accident, has given a new lease of life to at least six people, through cadaver organ donation.Ravi (name changed), a farmer by profession, was brought to Sparsh Super Specialty Hospital in Yeshwanthpur on February 18 at 6.50am after he sustained severe head and leg injuries. He had met with a road accident on the night of February 17 at 10.30 pm near Nagamangala in Mandya and was being treated at a local hospital before being brought to Bengaluru. At Sparsh, he was admitted in the ICU, but was declared brain dead post evaluation.Ravi's family was counseled and they agreed for organ donation after his death.Ravi's liver, kidneys, lungs, heart valves and corneas were successfully harvested for transplant.The harvested left kidney was transplanted into a 12-year-old girl suffering from a chronic kidney disease at Sparsh while his liver was received by another male patient in the same hospital.The lungs have been absorbed by an elderly patient at BGS Global Hospitals, while his right kidney was donated to a senior citizen at Sagar Hospitals. Ravi's heart valves have been sent to Manipal Hospital and his corneas have been sent to Narayana Nethralaya.

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