Organs of Nalgonda police constable donated

Hyderabad: The family of a 32-year-old police constable from Nalgonda, Battula Vijaykumar, who was declared as brain dead by attending neuro-physicians on Tuesday, have decided to donate the organs of the deceased, as part of the State-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative. The donor organs including dual kidneys, liver, heart and lungs, which were retrieved and […]

Hyderabad: The family of a 32-year-old police constable from Nalgonda, Battula Vijaykumar, who was declared as brain dead by attending neuro-physicians on Tuesday, have decided to donate the organs of the deceased, as part of the State-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative.

The donor organs including dual kidneys, liver, heart and lungs, which were retrieved and allotted to other transplant centres based on the guidelines of Jeevandan.

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Vijaykumar received serious injuries in a road accident that took place at Nagarjuna Sagar road on May 6. He was rushed to a local hospital and later to Yashoda hospital, Malakpet, where after five days of ICU care, the neuro-team had to declare him as brain dead due to severe brain injury in the road traffic accident.

Vijaykumar’s family including his wife Vemula Chandrakala, mother and father-in-law gave consent to donate organs of the deceased. To transport the donor heart of the brain dead constable, the Hyderabad Traffic Police provided a green channel between 10 am and 10.30 am on Wednesday from Yashoda Hospital, Malakpet, to Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills.

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