Brain-dead son of soldier gives lease of life to 6

The brain-dead son of a soldier has given a fresh lease of life to six critically ill patients after the family decided to donate his organs.

Havildar Naresh Kumar of 10 Mahar consented to donate the organs of his 18-year-old son, who met with an accident on February 8.

A team from Command Hospital, Chandimandir, harvested the liver, kidney, pancreas and cornea, which were then transported to various medical facilities to save the lives of over six patients suffering from chronic diseases.

The liver and a kidney were transported to the Army Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi, via a green corridor facilitated by the Military Police and then airlifted by the Indian Air Force.

The other kidney and pancreas were donated to a patient at the PGI in Chandigarh. He was suffering from life threatening type-I diabetes with chronic kidney disease. The corneas were preserved in the eye bank of the Command Hospital. Organ donation and retrieval was introduced at the Western Command Hospital here in 2014, where about 80 such procedures have been performed so far.