Braindead studentrsquos organs harvested

  • | Sunday | 8th July, 2018

The lungs were brought to Bengaluru within 90 minutes,” said Dr Sandeep Attawar, chair, Institute of Heart, Lung and Transplantation at BGSGG. MYSURU: City police on Saturday created a green corridor to transport the organs harvested from a brain-dead student.The 22-year-old student from a city college met with an accident atop Chamundi Hills on Friday night and was declared brain dead on Saturday. She was riding pillion on a bike which was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle.The victim’s brother came forward to donate her organs. “Both her lungs were transplanted to a patient from Madhya Pradesh who was suffering from a lung disorder. Her lungs, one kidney and heart valves were harvested and brought to Bengaluru in an ambulance while the other kidney was transplanted in Apollo Hospital, Mysuru.Siddarthanagar traffic police inspector Muniyappa said the girl met with the accident on the evening of July 5.

MYSURU: City police on Saturday created a green corridor to transport the organs harvested from a brain-dead student.The 22-year-old student from a city college met with an accident atop Chamundi Hills on Friday night and was declared brain dead on Saturday. Her lungs, one kidney and heart valves were harvested and brought to Bengaluru in an ambulance while the other kidney was transplanted in Apollo Hospital, Mysuru.Siddarthanagar traffic police inspector Muniyappa said the girl met with the accident on the evening of July 5. She was riding pillion on a bike which was knocked down by an unidentified vehicle.The victim’s brother came forward to donate her organs. The young girl from Hassan had lost her parents and was living with her grandparents.According to the hospital, she was brought in unconscious around 10.50pm and was on ventilator since then. There was no hope of her recovery and she was declared brain dead late on Friday.City police facilitated the entire process by coordinating with their counterparts in Mandya, Ramanagara and Bengaluru and ensured the ambulance carrying three different organs – lungs, heart valves and a kidney – from Apollo Hospital, Mysuru, reached three hospitals – Apollo, Victoria and Narayana Hrudayalaya – all in Bengaluru in less than two hours.The ambulance took 12 minutes to leave Mysuru as police cleared the 15km road from the hospital to Srirangapatna in less than 12 minutes. The vehicle left Mysuru at 12.30pm. This was the second time cops created a green corridor in less than a week.The girl’s lungs were intact and were used for a 62-year-old who was admitted to BGS Glenagles Global (BGSGG) Hospitals, Bengaluru. “Both her lungs were transplanted to a patient from Madhya Pradesh who was suffering from a lung disorder. The lungs were brought to Bengaluru within 90 minutes,” said Dr Sandeep Attawar, chair, Institute of Heart, Lung and Transplantation at BGSGG.

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