Inspired by Harish, the biker severed in half in a road accident who expressed a wish to donate his organs during his dying moments in Bengaluru recently, the parents of Y. Sanjana (19), an engineering student at Vidyavardhaka Engineering College in Mysuru, saw life in her death too.
Thanks to their generosity, the young girl’s heart is now beating in a 30-year-old person from Ooty. Her other vital organs — liver and one kidney — were transplanted simultaneously into a 44-year-old woman at BGS Global Hospitals in the city. The heart, retrieved at BGS, was transported to Narayana Health City, located 37 km away, in just 28 minutes through a green corridor. The other kidney went to a recipient in the State-run Institute of Nephro Urology, while her eyes were donated to Narayana Nethralaya.
Sanjana, a native of Hassan, met with an accident on Sunday near Krishna Raja Sagar in Mysuru, suffering a severe head injury. She was first admitted to a hospital in Mysuru and then shifted to a private facility in Hassan, where the doctors declared her brain dead.
Her parents Yuvaraj and Yashoda, residents of Kariganahalli in Alur taluk, expressed their wish to donate their daughter’s organs. The doctors in Hassan contacted the Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka for Transplantation in Bengaluru and coordinated the transportation of Sanjana’s body to BGS Global Hospitals, where she was re-evaluated and declared brain dead.
Heart transported in doctor’s car
A team of doctors led by Julius Punnen, Senior Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon at Narayana Health City, retrieved the heart at BGS and transported it to their hospital. An ambulance and a police jeep led the way on the green corridor laid by the traffic police. The heart was transported in a car this time as tempo traveller ambulances are slow in a green corridor scenario compared to other vehicles. The doctor took special permission from the traffic police for this.
