Brain-dead man gives new lease of life to four

Rajasekhara Reddy met with an accident on February 26

March 02, 2017 08:20 am | Updated 08:20 am IST - GUNTUR

Mega task:  Doctors with harvested organs of Syamala Rajasekhara Reddy, at Guntur City Hospitals in Guntur on Wednesday.

Mega task: Doctors with harvested organs of Syamala Rajasekhara Reddy, at Guntur City Hospitals in Guntur on Wednesday.

A 43-year-old man, who has been declared brain dead, has given a new lease of life to four persons.

Doctors at Guntur City Hospitals performed the multi-organ harvesting procedure on Syamala Rajasekhara Reddy on February 28 and the vital organs, kidneys, eyes and liver, were donated to four persons under treatment at various hospitals. Chief Executive Officer, Guntur City Hospitals, Gade Ravindra said Mr. Reddy, who sustained severe head injuries in a road accident on February 26, was referred to the hospital on February 28.

The patient was put on a ventilator and when his condition further deteriorated, doctors informed his relatives, who gave their consent for the organs to be harvested and donated to those who are in need. With the hospital among the list of hospitals in the Jeevandan programme of the Andhra Pradesh government, a team of doctors, including neurologists Ch. Sivaramakrishna, M. Srinivasa Reddy, neurosurgeon Chittem Lakshman and intensivist Ravindra Gade declared Mr. Reddy as brain dead on February 28.

On March 1, a team of doctors began retrieving the organs at 5 a.m. and completed the procedure within three hours. The organs were then transplanted at various hospitals. The two kidneys were sent to Vedanta Hospitals and NRI Hospitals, eyes to Shankar Eye Hospital and liver to Manipal Hospital.

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