Hyderabad: Brain-dead farmer’s organs donated to three patients

Family members of a 58-year-old farmer from Andhra Pradesh donated his two kidneys, liver and two corneas after he was declared brain dead at a Hyderabad hospital. The donation helped three patients and took Telangana’s Jeevandan tally to 148 donations this year.

Hyderabad: Family members of a 58-year-old farmer, Maddipati Hanumantha Rao from Tanuku, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, who was declared as brain dead, have donated his organs to needy patients under the State-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative.

Hanumantha Rao suffered a serious neurological condition and underwent bifrontal decompressive craniectomy on September 14. Immediately his family members shifted him to a private hospital in Hyderabad for emergency treatment.

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With his health not improving, the attending team of doctors declared him as brain dead on Thursday, September 17.

The brain dead farmer’s wife and son, Maddipati Suvarchala and Lalitha Shankar made the decision to donate his kidneys (02), liver (01) and corneas (02) helping three patients in need, Jeevandan in a statement on Friday said.

Jeevandan Telangana also extended its gratitude to Maddipati Hanumantha Rao’s family, whose noble decision has saved lives. With this donation, the Jeevandan initiative in Telangana has reached 148 brain dead donations this year.