A teacher’s parting gift

Man donates 43-year-old wife’s organs

March 12, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:43 am IST - Kolar:

The school where K.C. Shobha taught declared holiday on Wednesday as a mark of respect.

The school where K.C. Shobha taught declared holiday on Wednesday as a mark of respect.

A man donated his wife’s organs after she died of brain haemorrhage here on Tuesday.

A teacher with the Government High School at Hudukula in Kolar taluk, K.C. Shobha (43) was admitted to R.L. Jalappa Hospital at Tamaka here after she suffered health complications when she was getting ready to leave for school on Monday. The doctors declared her brain dead on Tuesday, leaving her family members, colleagues and students grieving. Her husband, Somashekhar, a lecturer, took this bold decision when the hospital authorities explained to him about the importance of organ donation.

While her eyes were donated at Jalappa Hospital, Bengaluru-based BGS Hospital came forward to get the heart, kidney and liver. A three-minute silence was observed at Hudukula school and a holiday was declared as a mark of respect to the teacher.

Man donates vital organs of 43-year-old wife, who died of brain haemorrhage

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