Hyderabad: 7 organs of brain-dead housewife donated to needy patients

Macharla Punnamma, a 47-year-old housewife from Nalgonda, was declared brain dead after an accident. Her family donated her organs—kidneys, liver, lungs, heart, and corneas—under the Jeevandan scheme, giving new life to several patients in need

Hyderabad: The family of a 47-year-old housewife, Macharla Punnamma, a resident of Nomula, Nakirekal, Nalgonda, who was declared brain dead by doctors, decided to donate her organs to needy patients, as part of State-run Jeevandan organ donation.

On August 26, Punnamma was injured after falling down from an auto and was shifted to a private hospital in Hyderabad. Despite intensive care, her health condition did not improve and doctors declared her brain dead on September 2.
The consent to donate her organs was given by her husband Venkanna and two kidneys, two corneas, liver, lungs and heart were retrieved by the doctors.

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