Team Herald
PANJIM: Three persons received a new lease of life after the family of a 22-year-old brain dead youth from Kerala decided to donate his organs.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) Dr Shivanand M Bandekar said," The donor Sahil V S worked at Mopa International Airport as ground staff. He met with a road traffic accident on January 28. Despite receiving best medical treatment, he was declared brain dead on February 3. The brain stem death certification was performed by Dr Sanat Bhatkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Dr Marina Vaz, Assistant Professor, General Medicine."
The State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), GMC, allocated the kidneys to a 33-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, both recipients at GMC while the liver was allocated by Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (ROTTO) West to MGM Hospital, Aurangabad.
Dr Bandekar said this marked the eighth organ donation under the umbrella of SOTTO goa. SOTTO has allocated 16 kidneys and facilitated allocation of four hearts, seven livers and two lungs through ROTTO West and NOTTO since its inception in 2019.
Dr Bandekar said in the last eight days, 11 patients from different parts of India have benefited from organ donation decisions by families of three brain dead patients in Goa- two at GMC and one at a private hospital.