Surat: Kidneys of a brain-dead tribal teacher have given a new lease of life to two persons on Tuesday.Jayanti Vasava, 59, a resident of Bharuch, who had retired as primary teacher from a school at Anjoli village, was going to Jalaram Bapa temple on September 8 when his motorcycle was hit by a truck near Netrang crossroads. He fell off from the motorcycle and sustained injuries on head. He was first treated at a local hospital and then at Dr Jayaben Hospital in Bharuch where it was diagnosed that he had suffered brain haemorrhage. He was brought to Mahavir Hospital in Surat for further treatment and was declared brain-dead on September 10 by doctors.His wife Anandiben, 52; son Nitin, 25; daughters Darshana, 27, and Anjana, 23; expressed the desire to donate their kin’s organs. A team of doctors from the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre from Ahmedabad harvested Jayanti Vasava’s kidneys.One kidney was transplanted to the body of Jagdish Kanti Patel, 53, a resident of Ahmedabad, and the other was received by Kailash R Prajapati, 51, a native of Patan.

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