Five organs transplanted from man in Hyderabad
His wife and children were counselled by the team of Jeevandan and they agreed to donate five of his organs.
Hyderabad: A pedestrian, 40-year-old S. Srinivas, was hit and killed by a bus while crossing the road near RGIA on Saturday. He was rushed to the Osmania General Hospital for treatment, but was declared brain dead.
Hailing from Peddamnadadi in Mahbubnagar district, he is survived by a son and two daughters. His wife and children were counselled by the team of Jeevandan and they agreed to donate five of his organs.
Two kidneys, two eyes and one liver were retrieved and transplanted on patients under the Jeevandan scheme in the hospital on Friday.
Dr Pandu Naik, chief anaesthesiologist at OGH said, "Both the organs were retrieved and allotted under the Jeevandan scheme to the hospital. A 21-year-old girl, Kavya from Kushiaguda, has the liver transplanted. She is recuperating in the intensive care unit. The kidney transplant was carried out on 32-year-old Ramulu from Chevella."