Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Sep 14: The organs of a 16-year-old boy were retrieved and successfully sent by Indiana Hospital to various recipients on Wednesday September 14.
A PU student who was critically injured after falling from a city bus a week ago and under treatment at Indiana Hospital in Mangaluru was declared brain dead. His grieving parents had decided to donate his organs following the unfortunate incident.
Yashraj, son of Tyagaraj and Mamatha resident of Mastikatte Ullal fell off a city bus on September 7 was a first year PUC student of computer science at St Aloysius PU College. He was travelling in the bus from Ullal Masthikatte NH66 when he got thrown out of it at Adam Kudru and suffered critical head injuries. He was admitted to the ICU of Indiana hospital for treatment. However, his condition had not improved even after a week’s treatment and he was declared brain dead in the afternoon on Tuesday, September 13.
On Wednesday September 14, his organs namely liver, kidney and cornea were transplanted. One kidney was sent to Indiana Hospital, another kidney and cornea to Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. The liver will be transported to Manipal Hospital, Whitefield which was sent via zero traffic to Mangaluru International Airport.
The procedure of organ transplantation was carried out by Jeevasarthakate that has been constituted by the government of Karnataka for a sustained deceased donor (Cadaver) transplantation programme in the state of Karnataka.
Managing director Dr Yusuf Kumble, Dr Adithya Bharadwaj, neurosurgeon Dr Elvis Rodrigues and medical administrator Dr Devanand Shetty were also present during the organ transplant process.
The doctors of Indiana Hospital said that the family of donor plays an integral part in organ transplant. Meanwhile, awareness and benefit of organ transplant needs to be spread in the general public.
One of the family members of the deceased urged the deputy commissioner to take steps to install doors for private buses, similar to government buses. “The bus driver and conductor need to take responsibility of the passengers. They are the ones to help reach passengers to their respective destinations. We have lost our child. It should not happen to other children as well. Small children are immature. They do not have enough knowledge about risks. Hence, private buses should have doors like the government buses,” he said.