19-year-old brain dead youth’s organs donated
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A 19-year-old brain dead youth’s organs including the heart were harvested at a hospital in Mysuru and donated to eligible recipients.The youth, Sharath Kumar, who met with an accident, was shifted to
A 19-year-old brain dead youth’s organs including the heart were harvested at a hospital in Mysuru and donated to eligible recipients.
The youth, Sharath Kumar, who met with an accident, was shifted to Apollo BGS Hospital in a critical condition on December 24 and the initial CT scan showed “brain stem infarct” after which he was shifted to ICU for life support and intensive care.
Sharath was kept on life support for two days while he was in a very critical state. However, on December 26, he was declared brain dead due to brain stem failure, as per the hospital protocol stipulated by the Transplant of Human Organs Act 1994 by a panel of doctors at the hospital, said a statement.
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