13-year-old boy Gives New Lease of Life to 2 Young Girls
Bengaluru: Two lives were saved today, July 18 as they underwent organ transplantation at the Narayana Health City, Hosur Road. The donor, a 13-year-old boy has given a new lease of life to 11-year-old and 9-year-old girls.
The 13 year old donor who hails from Karnataka was admitted at the Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur following an accident at Kunigal on 13th July 2018. He was declared brain dead on July 17 and the family consented to donate their son’s organs.
Hailing from Assam, the 11-year-old recipient is a heart failure patient and was being treated at the Narayana Health City. As her condition was not improving, she was advised to undergo a heart transplant. The other recipient who is a 9-year-old girl was being treated for liver failure at the same hospital during which she was also advised to undergo a liver transplant.
The heart and the liver were retrieved by a team of doctors and were transported from the Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur to Narayana Health City, Hosur Road with the help of a green corridor. The distance of 64 km was covered in 44 minutes.
Appreciating the support offered by the Traffic Police Department, Joseph Pasangha, COO, Narayana Health City, said, “We would like to thank the entire team of Bangalore Traffic police for their continuous support in organizing the Green Corridor every time a live organ is transported, we are also thankful to the donor family who came forward to donate the organs.”
Both the heart and liver transplants were performed by a team of expert surgeons from Narayana Health City on July 18.