Possibly, For the first time in India, a man’s organs were donated to eight other people.
Kelvin Joy, 39, hailing from North Pravoor in Eranakulam district, met with a road accident recently and suffered brain hemorrhage. He was under treatment at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi where he was declared brain dead on Saturday.
With the consent of the family, the organs were donated through Kerala government’s organ donation programme, ‘Mrithasanjeevani’.
Kelvin’s both hands were donated to one patient in AIMS. His heart, small intestine, liver and corneas were donated to five patients in AIMS, while his kidneys were donated to two patients at Lourdes Hosptial in Kochi and Kozhikode government medical college hospital.
Mrithasanjeevani state nodal officer Dr. Noble Gracious told to Deccan Herald that this is the first time that a person’s organs were donated to eight people. Earlier, there was an occasion where there was donation to six people.
Health Minister K K Shailaja took the initiative in speeding up the procedures.
Read: https://penbugs.com/un-honours-kerala-health-minister-kk-shailaja/
To register to donate organs, Follow the links-
https://transtan.tn.gov.in/
https://www.mohanfoundation.org/
