Krishnagiri: This story of an army man giving life to others in his death is heart rending compared to what we have heard about the courageous deed of defense personal. His eyes, kidneys, liver, heart, spleen and skin were harvested in other patients.
The 23-year-old K. Aravind Kumar of Vadakampatti village of Krishnagiri worked as driver in Madras engineering group of the Indian army. He came to his native village on a month's leave for a family function.
Aravind Kumar met with an accident here at Balapalli village while the victim was travelling in a two-wheeler five days ago. First he was taken to the Krishnagiri government hospital and then to the Air Force command hospital in Bengaluru.
With no improvement in his health condition, the doctors declared him 'brain dead'. His family when informed about this, gave consent to harvest his organs to help others in need of them.
"Keeping in mind his bravery he showed in his four years service, he has agreed to harvest his organs to help others," the deceased person's father 55-year-old K.Krishnan told DC.
A grieving Krishnan added: "I am told that his organs will give life for ten people who are in need of it to be alive."
At around 5.55 am on Thursday, the organs were removed from Aravind Kumar and sent to the government run Victoria hospital in Bengaluru and also other private hospitals including one in Chennai. The remains of his body was transported here and burnt at his native village.
