Hyderabad: 8 organs of 53-year-old brain dead teacher donated
The teacher's family including his wife B Vijayalakshmi, sons and brother gave consent to donate his organs.
Updated On - 13 December 2022, 07:09 PM
Hyderabad: A total of eight organs of a 53-year-old teacher B Nagender, a resident of Attapur, who was declared as brain dead by neuro-physicians, were donated by his relatives to needy patients, as part of Jeevandan organ donation initiative.
Nagender who received serious injuries after falling from his bike at LB Nagar on December 7 was rushed him to Yashoda Hospitals, Malakpet. Despite providing emergency ICU care for three-days, his condition did not improve and on December 12, the team of neuro-physicians declared Nagender as brain dead.
Following grief counselling sessions taken up by Jeevandan coordinators, Nagender’s family including his wife B Vijayalakshmi, sons and brother gave consent to donate his organs. Two kidneys, liver, two lungs, heart and two corneas were retrieved and allocated to different transplant centres.