Organs donation helps save lives of 3 persons at PGIMER

Lives of three persons, suffering from end-stage organ failure, were saved at the PGIMER here, thanks to the decision of a family from Himachal Pradesh to donate the organs of their departed dear one.
The retrieved corneas from the donor restored the sight of another two patients, thereby impacting five lives in all, with the magnanimous gesture of the donor's family at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
A man, who had met with a road accident, was declared brain dead on the evening of February 12, the transplant coordinators at the PGIMER discussed organ donation with his family, to which they consented braving their own tragedy, an official said.

Following the family's consent, the transplant staff at the departments of Nephrology and Hepatology began calling the recipients families to tell them about the matching organs.
The news gave them a second chance at life, though bittersweet, Prof A K Gupta, Medical Superintendent cum Head, Department of Hospital Administration, PGIMER, said.
"The surgeons retrieved the liver, kidneys and corneas from the donor for transplantation to the matching recipients. The three transplants required exquisitely coordinated inter-departmental teamwork from dozens of people.

"When the donor organs became available, the first step was an intense round of planning. The labs, the transplant teams and intensive care unit staff made sure they were prepared fully and could get into action without any loss of time," he said.

Before the transplants, two of the matching recipients were suffering from end stage debilitating kidney ailment and had been dependent on kidney dialysis for long and the third recipient was experiencing advanced liver failure.
"I can't thank the donor family enough for their kindness to have given a second lease of life to my father. How courageous it was of them despite their own tragedy," said thedaughter of the liver recipient, while standing outside the recovery room.
Echoing the sentiments of all the other recipient families, she said, "It is, in a true sense, a gift of life."
"When the moment arrived, everyone knew exactly what to do to save these lives. That's why the PGIMER has a reckoning among the best institutions in the country," Director PGIMER Jagat Ram said.