Rajasthan: 4 get new lease of life with brain dead 22-year-old man's organs

Jaipur: The organs of a 22-year-old man from Rajasthan’s Sikar district who was declared brain dead by the doctors following a road accident have given a new lease of life to four people.

Ashok Saini of Radhakishanpura, Sikar, was injured in a road accident. He was taken to a hospital, where he was declared brain dead by the doctors. His family members then decided to give life to others by donating his organs.

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The medical team transplanted Saini’s heart, liver and both kidneys to other patients. Out of these four people, three have been given free organ transplants under the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme.

Sikar District Collector Amit Yadav said in a statement that Saini was admitted to Shri Kalyan Hospital in Sikar after being injured in a road accident on January 11 and was then undergoing treatment at Manipal Hospital in Jaipur.

When he was declared brain dead by the medical team, his family gave their consent for organ donation.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot appreciated the decision of the family, saying organ donation gives new life to other patients.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that almost five lakh Indians face organ failure every year with only 2-3 percent receiving a life-saving transplant, according to data shared during a programme hosted in Delhi to raise awareness on organ donation. At the event hosted on the occasion of World Heart Day by a leading private hospital in association with the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) and another association, doctors urged people to pledge their organs for donation.

Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery (IACTS) was also a partner in the programme that was held to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation and the urgent need to increase the number of organ donors in India to save lives. 

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