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In death, elderly saves 3 lives

On Aug 9, 2016

NOIDA: A 74-year-old “brain-dead” man’s family kept his last wish by donating his kidneys and liver – giving a fresh lease of life to three others. Pawan Kumar, a resident of Kavi Nagar in Ghaziabad, died at a private hospital in Noida on Monday, following a blood clot in his brain.

Two of his organs – a kidney and the liver – were harvested in the hospital and transplanted on two patients in the same hospital, while a green corridor was created to ferry another kidney to another hospital for transplant.

While one kidney was donated to a 63-year-old man, the other one was transplanted in a 39-year-old woman, who had been on dialysis for the past two years.

In fact, Kumar, a resident of Kavi Nagar in Ghaziabad, was admitted first to a private hospital in Ghaziabad. After his condition worsened, he was shifted to Jaypee Hospital in Noida’s Sector 128 on Sunday night. “The patient was suffering from a blood clot in the brain. He was not responding to medical care and was declared brain dead due to haemorrhage on Monday,” said Dr Amit Devra, senior consultant, renal transplant at Jaypee. After Kumar’s family members told doctors that he had wished to donate his organs after his death, they contacted the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) about harvesting of the organs. The NOTTO told the hospital to use the liver and one kidney for two patients in Jaypee Hospital and the other kidney to be transplanted to another patient in Fortis hospital in Sector 62.

Devra said the hospital transplanted the harvested kidney to a 63-year-old patient. “The patient was looking for a suitable donor for the past four years. We are in the process of transplanting the liver to another patient in Jaypee Hospital,” he said. The hospital did not share the identities of the two receivers. Meanwhile, the Jaypee Hospital and Fortis Hospital coordinated for a safe and smooth transportation of another kidney. The police was also informed about the same.

Dinesh Yadav, SP (city), said the police established a green corridor between the two hospitals in the afternoon. “We provided an escort vehicle with the ambulance, which was carrying the harvested organ. The ambulance left Jaypee Hospital at 12.07 pm and reached Fortis at 12.24 pm. The 16km busy route was covered in 17 minutes,” Yadav said.

The recipient of the kidney at Fortis Hospital is 39-year-old Sharda Devi, who was on dialysis for the past two years. “We are happy that he was able to give a new lease of life to three persons,” said a family member of the donor.

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