His heart beats in Belagavi, kidney in Hubli-Dharwad, liver in Bangalore and eyes give light to two
His heart beats in Belagavi, kidney in Hubli-Dharwad, liver in Bangalore and eyes give light to two
The organs of a brain-dead man, transported through a green corridor from Belagavi’s KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital to Hubballi and Dharwad and Bengaluru, have given a new lease of life to a total of six people.
The organs of Umesh Basavanna Dandagi (51), who was declared brain dead after falling down at home and brought to KLE Hospital in Belagavi, have now been successfully transplanted in four people and doctors have treated Mr. Dandagi’s family members. thanked. Consent for organ donation.
Organs under safe custody in an ambulance in Belagavi, ready for transport to Hubballi-Dharwad and Bengaluru. , photo credit: special arrangement
Apart from this, his eyes have given light to two people. Now this organ donation has changed the lives of six people.
The entire exercise of removing the heart, liver and kidney from Mr. Dandgi, the entire exercise of taking him to the hospital where the needy patients were admitted and then the organ transplant took six hours.
According to the medical officials of KLS Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Belagavi, Mr. Dandgi suffered a serious head injury after falling at home while climbing stairs at Mahabaleshwar Nagar (Hanuman Nagar) in Belagavi. At the hospital, when he stopped responding to treatment and was declared brain dead, his family members were advised about organ donation, to which they immediately agreed.
After this all arrangements were made on a war footing. Organs were retrieved from Mr. Dandgi and immediately, a heart transplant was successfully performed at Kore Hospital. At the same time, his liver was airlifted from Samba Airport to Bangalore, each kidney was sent through the green corridor to SDM Hospital in Dharwad and Tatvdarsha Hospital in Hubli, where an organ transplant was done immediately.
Prabhakar Kore, President of KLE Society, MV Jali, Medical Director, Kore Hospital and board members thank Mr. Dandagi and family members of Police Commissionerates of Hubli-Dharwad and Belagavi for ensuring green corridor to facilitate quick transportation of organs Have given.
In a release, the hospital said that it is heartening to see people giving their consent for organ donation and urged others to take a pledge to donate organs so that they may live through others even after their death.