This story is from September 29, 2022
Organs of brain dead man give new lease of life for seven patients in TN
MADURAI: The organs of a 35-year-old man from Ramanathapuram who was declared brain dead after a road accident were harvested and transplanted in seven patients.
N Sakthivel, 35, met with an accident on September 25. He was admitted to Meenakshi Mission Hospital in Madurai where doctors declared him to be brain dead on September 27.
A kidney and the liver were transplanted in patients in the same hospital. Another kidney was sent to Kidney Care Centre in Tirunelveli. His eyes were donated to Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai.
The heart lungs were airlifted to Chennai. The heart was transplanted in a patient in MGM Healthcare, and the lungs were transplanted in a patient in Apollo Hospitals.
N Sakthivel, 35, met with an accident on September 25. He was admitted to Meenakshi Mission Hospital in Madurai where doctors declared him to be brain dead on September 27.
A kidney and the liver were transplanted in patients in the same hospital. Another kidney was sent to Kidney Care Centre in Tirunelveli. His eyes were donated to Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai.
The heart lungs were airlifted to Chennai. The heart was transplanted in a patient in MGM Healthcare, and the lungs were transplanted in a patient in Apollo Hospitals.
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Both the givers and takers are blessed by God.Readers mustThink and offer prayers To God and it's love for all of us.Seshachalam G 84Read allPost comment
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