Brain-dead youth to give new lease of life to five others

His lungs flown to Hyderabad and his kidneys and liver to be given to the needy in Vizag

Metta Teja, a 20-year-old youth, who died in a road accident, will give a new lease of life to at least five others. His lungs were retrieved on Saturday and sent to KIMS Hospitals in Hyderabad, while his kidneys and liver will be given to the needy patients in the city. Teja had completed BBA. His father M. Tirupathi Rao, who works in a private company, located near Duvvada, left for night duty on April 7. Teja told his mother that he was going to meet his friends and left on his dad’s motorcycle that evening. When he did not return home till midnight, his mother called him and he replied that he would return soon.