21-year-old organ donor gives new lease of life to three people

A 21-year-old organ donor from Hyderabad, who was declared encephalon stem dead, gave a caller lease of beingness to astatine slightest 3 people.

According to a merchandise from AIIMS Mangalagiri, the donor, I. Nagendra Kumar, a nonmigratory of Yousufguda, Hyderabad, was referred to the institute aft a post-procedural rupture of a vein of Galen malformation, which led to an intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). He had earlier undergone an outer ventricular drain (EVD) placement and a decompressive craniotomy.

Despite each imaginable aesculapian interventions, Nagendra was declared encephalon stem dormant connected September 29. Following written consent from his parents, AIIMS Mangalagiri facilitated its 3rd encephalon stem dormant organ donation.

Both his kidneys were transplanted into 2 recipients astatine AIIMS Mangalagiri. His liver was transported to Aster Ramesh Hospitals, Guntur, for transplantation, and his corneas were preserved astatine L.V. Prasad Eye Bank, Vijayawada, to assistance reconstruct imaginativeness for those successful need.

Doctors felicitated the donor’s household successful designation of their humanitarian act, which extended the lives of aggregate patients.