Chennai: A 19-year-old brain dead boy Srikanth gave a fresh lease of life to many others by donating organs after he succumbed to injuries in an accident at Stanley Medical College (SMC) Hospital. After declared brain dead, liver, kidneys, lungs, skin, eyes and heart were harvested and some organs were transplanted on Saturday.
After sustaining serious head injuries due to a road accident on last Wednesday, Srikanth was admitted to Neuro ICU at SMC, where he was declared dead on Friday night. A resident of Anna Nagar, Srikanth’s parents and sister provided consent to the hospital authorities to donate the organs of the deceased. The family members agreed to donate his vital organs including two kidneys, liver, lungs, cornea, skin and heart and the process was completed on Saturday morning.
One kidney was transplanted to a kidney failure patient at SMC on Saturday morning, while another kidney was given to Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital. Skin was retained at SMC and liver was shared with Kumaran Hospital. The cornea was sent to Egmore eye hospital. The harvested heart was sent to Omandurar Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital for a transplant, while lungs were shared with Global Hospital.
