TNN | Mar 18, 2013, 03.25 AM IST
On the eve of World Kidney Day, the family of a farmer from Andhra Pradesh, who was declared brain-dead, donated his organs.
BANGALORE: Their awareness about organ donation has saved at least five lives and given sight to two persons. On the eve of World Kidney Day, the family of a farmer from Andhra Pradesh, who was declared brain-dead by a hospital here, donated his organs.
Ram Murthy (47), who stayed in Bellary, suffered a brainstroke last week. "He was brought to a hospital lin Bangalore and underwent a surgery. But he suffered another stroke, which proved to be fatal.
Doctors at Chinmaya Mission Hospital (CMH) declared him brain-dead and explained about organ donation to the family. As CMH is not empanelled with Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka (ZCCK) for transplantation, Murthy was shifted to Manipal Hospital. A team of doctors harvested his kidneys, valves, corneas and liver to transplant to patients on the waiting list with ZCCK," said Jency Antony, ZCCK, coordinator.
Over 700 people are awaiting kidney donors in Karnataka and are on ZCCK's waiting list.
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