A 26-year-old brain dead man’s vital organs were harvested at Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre (MMHRC) in Madurai, and donated to six recipients in different hospitals in Madurai, Tiruchi and Chennai on Sunday.
A statement from the MMHRC said N. Raja Manikandan, a driver hailing from Thiruvadanai in Ramanathapuram district, who met with an accident on Friday, was brought to the hospital in a critical condition in the early hours of Saturday.
He had been initially admitted to a private hospital in Thiruvadanai, from where he was referred to the MMHRC.
The first apnea test was performed, as per the guidance of neurosurgeons, at 3.42 p.m. and the second test at 10 p.m. on Saturday. Finally, the MMHRC doctors declared Raja Manikandan brain dead, the statement said.
Subsequently, the medical team spoke to the family members of the victim, who consented to donate his organs. Then the hospital sought State government’s permission to harvest his organs. Upon receiving the permission, a panel of doctors harvested his kidneys, liver, heart valves and corneas on Sunday.
While one kidney and the liver were donated to patients at the MMHRC, another kidney was donated to a patient at a private hospital in Tiruchi.
A heart valve was donated to a private hospital in Chennai and corneas were donated to Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai.
