Organs of brain dead man give new lease of life to 7 persons

Seven persons got a new lease of life after the organs of a 52-year old brain deadman, a driver, were transplanted on them.

K N S Lingaraj of Kerban Village in Nilgiris district had suffered brain death following an accident on March 13 at Veerapandi on the city outskirts.

He was brought to Sri Ramakrishna Hospital here and the brain death was confirmed by a panel of doctors, the hospital said in a release today.

A team of doctors harvested the heart, lungs, liver, two kidneys and two corneas with the permission of Lingaraj's wife and transplanted on seven persons at various hospitals, the release said.