The family of a retired military officer who was declared brain dead after a road accident had donated his organs for transplantation under the Jeevandan Scheme.
According to a press release, Venu Gopala Krishna Reddy (48), a retired military officer residing at Tirumalgiri, met with an accident on March 29 near Mehdipatnam. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills where he was declared brain dead on March 30.
Following counselling, Reddy’s wife Padmavathi consented for organ donation and two kidneys, liver and two heart valves were harvested and allocated to needy patients according to prescribed procedures.