Brain-dead woman’s organs save lives of 3

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Gurgaon: A 44-year-old woman, who was declared brain dead after suffering a critical head injury, gave a new lease of life to at least three persons by way of organ donation at a private hospital on Wednesday.
The woman was admitted to the hospital near Huda City Centre on September 15 and the doctors declared her ‘brain dead’ the next day. On September 21, her family gave a nod to her organ donation. While the woman was a Gurgaon resident, all the recipients belong to Delhi.
A hospital official told the TOI, “It was possible after the family of the patient consented to donate her organs. National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) allocated the organs to three separate recipients.”
Dr Om Prakash, consultant (neuro-anesthesia), Fortis hospital, said: “The donor was admitted to the hospital on the night of September 15. She was found unconscious. Upon evaluation, we found evidence of major bleeding in the brain. Despite best efforts of the neurosurgical team, she succumbed and was declared brain dead.”
The family, despite their hour of grief, decided to donate her organs and corneas. “One kidney and liver were transplanted at FMRI to a 38-year-old woman and 52-year-old man, respectively. The second kidney was allotted and transplanted to a 43-year-old woman in Delhi. Both corneas were sent to an eye bank,” said Prakash.
Dr Avnish Seth, principal director, gastroenterology & hepatobiliary sciences, Fortis and director, Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplant (FORT) said, “In 2019, over 700 families across India had agreed to donate organs of their loved ones. Meanwhile, there has been a 70% fall in organ and tissue donations worldwide due to the pandemic.”
According to the doctors, the current organ donation rate in India is less than 1 donor per million population as compared to more than 30 donors per million in most western countries. There is a shortage of organs and the gap between the number of organs donated and the number of people waiting for transplants is ever increasing.
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