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Brain dead man's organs save four lives

PTI Dec 30, 2017

A 40-year-old brain dead man's organs have saved four lives after his family decided to donate them to a private hospital here.
 

 

 

 

The liver, kidneys and cornea of the man, who was declared brain dead after he suffered head injuries in a road accident last week, were harvested and transplanted to four ailing patients, a press release from the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre said.

The liver was transplanted on a businessman from West Bengal, while one kidney was transplanted on a computer engineering from Tiruchirapalli, it said.The second kidney was given to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here and cornea was transplanted to a farmer in Tiruvarur district, the release said.Another cornea has been stored at the hospital's eye bank, it said.

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