Overview
- At Victoria Hospital’s Trauma and Emergency Care Centre, a 19-year-old from Chikka Mandya was declared brain dead by a BMCRI panel after a February 22 crash, and his family agreed to donate his organs.
- His liver, kidneys and heart valves were retrieved and allocated per protocol, with kidneys to the Institute of Nephro Urology and the liver to IGOT, benefiting six recipients according to hospital officials.
- A separate case at KIMS Hospitals saw a seven-year-old boy declared brain dead on February 24 after seven days of intensive care, with parents consenting to donation.
- SOTTO coordinated the retrieval of two corneas, two kidneys, one liver and four heart valves from the child donor, with the hospital reporting four patients benefited.
- Hospital teams credited Jeevasaarthakate facilitators and multidisciplinary staff for counselling families, confirming brain death under NOTTO guidelines, and ensuring smooth transfers to eligible recipients.