Green corridor from Rohtak to Delhi saves five lives, two get vision in organ donation
The organs of a brain-dead 37-year-old man were transported with the help of over 100 police personnel
A green corridor was created from Rohtak to Delhi, enabling the transport of organs from a brain-dead 37-year-old man, with the help of over 100 police personnel. This swift action saved five lives through transplants and restored vision for two others.
The man’s family from Bhiwani district donated his organs after he was declared brain-dead at PGIMS Rohtak. “This act represents the highest form of humanity,” said Dr HK Aggarwal, Vice-Chancellor of Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences.
He said that for the first time in the state’s history, a green corridor was created three times in a single day. Additional SP, two traffic SHOs, along with four other police officials, cleared and blocked the entire city route to ensure the organs were transported from Rohtak to Delhia at the earliest.
The patient had been referred to PGIMS Rohtak on March 26 and admitted to the Trauma Centre ICU. Dr Tarun and his team, under the guidance of Dr SK Singhal, began treatment. On April 7, the doctors suspected brain death and informed PGIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Kundan Mittal, who immediately constituted a team of special doctors.
State Nodal Officer Dr Sukhbir, along with transplant coordinators, informed the family about organ donation, and they immediately consented. “Although PGIMS has conducted organ donations before, this is the first case in which all major organs were donated. The family donated the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, and corneas,” Dr Aggarwal said.
Dr Singhal said the heart, liver, and lungs were transported to different hospitals in Delhi, while both kidneys and corneas were transplanted to patients at PGIMS Rohtak.
Dr Kundan Mittal stated that an HLA test is essential for kidney transplantation, and with the family’s consent, the test was conducted in Delhi, on the same day late at night.
Samalkha MLA Manmohan Bhadana announced financial assistance of Rs 5,00,000 to the family.
