Chennai pilgrim declared brain dead, kin donate organs

Coimbatore: When Sivaprakasam based out of Chennai embarked on a pilgrimage to the Palani temple not far from here, little did he realise that he will go straight to God instead.

While on foot to the Palani temple, he met with a road accident which left him suffer from a traumatic brain injury. He was admitted to Sri Ramakrishna Hospital here. The specialists of critical care team along with the team of neurosurgeons tried their best to save him.

However, considering the magnitude of the damage caused from accident, the 42-year old devotee did not respond to treatment and was declared brain-dead after the mandatory tests. The deceased person's family came ahead and expressed their willingness to donate his vital organs. "While a kidney and liver were transplanted to two individual patients at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, the other kidney and eyes were allocated to hospitals in Coimbatore." a source said.