Brain dead boy’s organs donated

Vijayawada: In a noble gesture, parents of brain dead boy donated his organs. The organs of a 14-year-old boy of the city, who was declared brain dead after a severe head injury, were donated at a private hospital on Wednesday. The organs were sent to the needy patients of Hyderabad and Vijayawada cities and assumed to have saved the lives of five people.

The donor, V Roop Kumar, was studying in Class VIII at the government school sustained severe head injury after falling in the school ground while playing with his classmates. The incident took place on October 24 and soon after he was rushed to the Government General Hospital (GGH). Although, the doctors of the GGH treated him, his body failed to respond to the treatment.

The parents of Roop Kumar shifted him to a private hospital for better treatment.  Howeer, his health condition was steadily deteriorated and the doctors declared him as ‘brain dead’. As doctors suggested to the parents to donate the boy’s organs for the needy, they readily agreed and donated with the help of Jeevandan programme.

The child’s kidneys were shifted to city-based Aayush and Sunrise hospitals, while the liver was shifted to Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad. The eyes were donated to a needy a patient at Dr Agarwal’s eye hospital.The city police provided a special way (green corridor) for speedy transport of the organs. The liver was taken to Hyderabad in a special chopper. The doctors and the city police appreciated the boy’s parents V Sivaram Krishna and V Sunitha for donating their son’s organs and saving other lives.