IEP Chandigarh, October 31, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0In the month of October, the magnanimous gesture of organ donation by 4 brave heart families amid their own grim tragedy, kindled new hope in 15 patients including 9 end-stage organ failure patients and 6 corneal blind patients herein PGIMER.\u00a0Paying a rich tribute to the departed souls,\u00a0Prof. Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER\u00a0said,\u00a0\u201cThis noble act of all the four donor families is beyond any words of appreciation. It is really crucial for everyone to understand that even in times of grief, one positive response too can change the lives of multiple strangers and bring a smile to many faces. It was a very courageous decision taken by the\u00a0donor\u00a0families, even as they were grieving the sudden demise of their dear ones.\u201d\u00a01) Charan Kaur, 66 years old\u00a0impacted 2 livesIt was on 18th\u00a0October when\u00a066-year-old Charan Kaur, a resident of village\u00a0Khetla, Sangrur, Punjab\u00a0was brought to PGIMER in an extremely critical condition following a brain hemorrhage. However, despite the\u00a0best efforts of the attending doctors, Charan Kaur could not be saved and was declared brain dead on 20th October.It was then the transplant coordinator raised the matter of organ donation with\u00a0Bant Singh, the brave heart husband of the deceased Charan Kaur, who gave his consent for the same, following which both kidneys were retrieved from the deceased and transplanted to two end-stage renal failure patients, thereby giving them a fresh lease of life.\u00a0The bereaved husband Bant Singh described his deceased wife as a \u2018kind and benevolent person who always believed in helping others and doing good for others. \u201cEven in her death, she has done the same what he lived for by helping the lives of two others.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0said an extremely courageous Bant Singh.\u00a02) 28-year-old youth impacted 5 lives\u00a0A good-natured and ever-energetic\u00a028-year-old youth from\u00a0Patiala, Punjab\u00a0was first admitted in a local hospital following a fatal road accident on 10th\u00a0October and then shifted to PGIMER on 15th\u00a0October in an extremely precarious condition. But it was destined otherwise as\u00a0his\u00a0\u00a0condition became irretrievable on 18th\u00a0October. Assessing this, PGIMER\u2019s internal committee, after meeting twice, found the parameters matching brain death, and eventually, he was declared brain dead on\u00a0the evening of 18th\u00a0October itself.\u00a0In the meantime, transplant coordinators at PGIMER apprised the deceased\u2019s relatives of the prospects of utilizing his organs through donation for transplants to terminally ill organ failure patients.\u00a0With the deceased\u2019s father\u00a0consenting to the proposal of Organ Donation, the concerned departments started reaching out to the matching recipients.Finally, the cross-match of several potential recipients led to the identification of matching recipients for\u00a0liver, kidneys, pancreas, and corneas, which on transplantation gave a second lease of life to three organ failure patients and restored the sight of two corneal blind patients, thereby impacting five lives in all here in PGIMER. \u00a03) Harsh 5-years-old impacted 4 lives\u00a0Harsh a 5-years-old from Village Mator Distt. Kaithal Haryana\u00a0was suffering from a rare genetic epilepsy disorder from\u00a0the past 2 years and was under treatment.\u00a0 On 28th\u00a0September he suffered with a high fever and multiple seizures and was admitted to PGI on the same day, his\u00a0condition was very critical. The doctors tried their best efforts to save him but despite this, he was declared brain dead due to increased intracranial pressure on 09th\u00a0October. After that, the Transplant Coordinator approached the family with a request for organ donation, and consent was taken.\u00a0Following\u00a0the consent of the family of Harsh on 09th\u00a0October, the process of the retrieval of the\u00a0organs\u00a0was initiated. The retrieved Pancreas, kidneys, & Corneas saved the lives of two recipients here in PGIMER and the harvested corneas restored the sight of two more, thereby, enabling four lives in all.\u00a0\u201cOur son is no more. But at least someone else’s child will survive because of her organs. That\u2019s why we decided to donate,\u201d\u00a0Manoj Kumar the bereaved father,\u00a0told the transplant coordinators.\u00a0We thought about it and decided that he would be alive in other people’s lives and give others a reason to smile.\u201d\u00a04) Banty, 31 years old impacted 4 livesBanty, a 31-year-old male from village Chhaju Majra, Landran, district Mohali, Punjab\u00a0was\u00a0mercilessly hit by\u00a0a\u00a0speeding vehicle from behind while he was going on his two-wheeler from work near Mohali,\u00a0causing him fatal head injuries\u00a0on\u00a028th\u00a0September and was rushed to PGIMER and however, after four days of the struggle between life and death; Banty was declared brain-dead on 1st\u00a0October,\u00a0after following the protocols of THOA.When the\u00a0transplant\u00a0coordinators approached the family to consider\u00a0organ\u00a0donation, the family consented, braving their own grave tragedy.Following this, the kidneys retrieved from the\u00a0donor\u00a0Banty\u00a0were transplanted to two terminally ill patients suffering from \u201cend-stage debilitating\u00a0kidney\u00a0ailment.\u201d The corneas of the\u00a0donor\u00a0were also harvested, which on\u00a0transplantation, restored the eyesight of two other patients, sustaining hope in 4 lives in all. \u00a0Detailing about the cadaver donation programme,\u00a0Prof. Vipin Koushal, Medical Superintendent, PGIMER & Nodal Officer, ROTTO PGIMER\u00a0stated, \u201cThere is a burgeoning need for more such successful transplants in the public health service institutions in our country which can benefit a huge stratum of socio-economically disadvantaged patients from far-flung areas\u00a0and PGIMER is determined with its efforts to make such transplant a success despite whatever odds.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IEP Chandigarh, October 31, 2022 \u00a0In the month of October, the magnanimous gesture of organ donation by 4 brave heart families amid their own grim tragedy, kindled new hope in 15 patients including 9 end-stage organ failure patients and 6 corneal blind patients herein PGIMER.\u00a0Paying a rich tribute to the departed souls,\u00a0Prof. Vivek Lal, Director […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n