Vadodara: At the age of 24, he had dreamed of becoming an officer. But now, he has given a new lease of life to six patients across the country after he was declared brain-dead last week. The youth from Madhya Pradesh was suffering from arteriovenous malformation in the brain.
And while he was writing an exam, he suffered a life-threatening burst that eventually left him brain-dead. It was the first time that a small bowel was retrieved, along with six other organs , at a city-based hospital. His family gave assent to donate the man’s heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, and small bowel.
His father is a farmer in MP. “The youth had suffered a severe brain haemorrhage leading to brain death,” said Dr Haresh Thummar, senior consultant urologist at Zydus Hospitals in Vadodara. Thummar added that the patient was consulting neurosurgeon Dr Bhagwati S for his pre-existing medical condition.
“But after the burst, he suffered from severe brain haemorrhage that eventually left him brain-dead,” said Thummar. “All his other organs were functioning well. After counselling by doctors and by the SOTTO team, the patient’s relatives agreed to donate his organs for needy people who are living on the verge of death due to organ failure,” said Thummar, adding that with all state legal board protocol, the organs were retrieved by different teams from across the country.
“This was a historic cadaver organ donation where the liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, and small bowel were all donated together for the first time in our city, giving new hope of life to sufferers in various parts of the country,” he said. While the heart transplantation has been done at Reliance Hospital in Mumbai, the lungs have been transplanted at K D Hospital, Ahmedabad. Similarly, one kidney each has been transplanted into patients at Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad and Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad, while the liver has been transplanted into a patient hospitalised at Surat’s Kiran Hospital and the small bowel has been transplanted at MGM Hospital in Chennai.
“In total, seven organs have changed the lives of six beneficiaries,” said Thummar, adding that the deceased’s parents were highly motivated for organ donation despite their personal loss. We also published the following articles recently Dead kanwariya from Haryana saves 5 lives by donating organs A kanwariya, Sachin Khandelwal, from Haryana, saved five lives through organ donation after dying in an accident near Roorkee. His kidneys, pancreas, liver, and corneas were successfully transplanted.
This was the first-ever cadaveric organ donation at AIIMS Rishikesh. Sachin's family initially hesitated but was convinced by the doctors' respectful approach. Families with heart of gold donated organs & skin of loved ones The article highlighted the courage of families who donated their loved ones' organs and skin posthumously, despite cultural challenges.
Gathering at AIIMS for a donor felicitation programme, 25 families, including Raj Dhingra's and Rakesh Solanki's, were honored. The event underscored the need for more awareness about skin donation, supported by insights from medical professionals and grief counselors. 10% of organ transplant recipients in India are foreigners: Government data In 2023, India carried out 18,378 organ transplants, with nearly 10% of recipients being foreigners.
Most foreign patients came from neighboring countries due to lack of facilities, while others were from developed nations seeking more affordable procedures. Deceased donations were rare, and strict protocols were followed for living donor transplants involving foreign nationals..
