NEW DELHI: The organs of a 50-year-old deceased man have given a new lease of life to four people in the national capital. The donor was a furniture designer from Faridabad who passed away at AIIMS trauma centre after meeting a road accident.
The donor’s organs were allocated to recipients through the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO). The donor’s heart was transplanted to a patient at Fortis Escorts. The liver was transplanted at ILBS Hospital, and the kidneys were transplanted into two patients at AIIMS Delhi and Army Hospital Research and Referral. His corneas have been banked at the National Eye Bank, AIIMS.
The donor, named Bijender Sharma, was on his way back home from work on January 30 when around 9.30 pm he met with a road accident in Faridabad. He was rushed to a local hospital by the public who gathered at the accident site. Owing to his deteriorating condition, he was further referred to AIIMS trauma centre.
The patient was brought to AIIMS trauma centre early on January 31 with severe head injury and was declared brain dead on the same day. On being informed about organ donation, Bijender’s family agreed in favour of it unanimously.
“My father was a very kind-hearted and social man. A huge crowd of his near and dear ones had assembled in the hospital hearing about this tragedy. We lost him in a very unfortunate way. It’s our wish that his organs impart life to others who are ailing. He helped everyone when he was alive and he is doing the same when he is parting,” said his son Mithilesh.
“When the family takes such a decision, then all the stakeholders like doctors, transplant coordinators, organ transplant team, forensic department, police and all support departments work very swiftly to coordinate the process and to ease the family from any further procedural constraints,” said Dr Arti Vij, head of Organ Retreival Banking Organisation (ORBO).
The hospital in a statement said that with the help of DCP traffic, ORBO coordinated the green corridor which ensures rapid transit of organs to various hospitals in different parts of Delhi during the peak traffic hours of morning.