Hyderabad: 6 organs of a 27-year-old brain dead victim donated

Mettu Praveen, a private employee from Peddamallareddy village of Kamareddy district while returning home on his bike, hit a parked vehicle and fell down on July 9.

Hyderabad: The family of a 27-year-old man who was declared brain dead following an accident, donated his organs as part of Jeevandan organ donation initiative.

Mettu Praveen, a private employee from Peddamallareddy village of Kamareddy district while returning home on his bike, hit a parked vehicle and fell down on July 9. He was rushed to a private hospital at Kompally and later shifted to Malla Reddy Narayana Hospitals.

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When his health condition did not improve after treatment in the ICU for four days, the doctors declared him as brain dead on Friday. Following a series of grief counselling sessions by Jeevandan coordinators, his wife Mettu Rekha and his sister consented to organ donation and six donor organs were retrieved and allocated to patients.