Odisha: 57-year-old Brain-Dead woman's kidneys saves life of two patients

According to an official release, the deceased donor, Tanuja Kar (57) of Tarol of Jagatpur in Cuttack, was under treatment in the CTVS Department of SCBMCH and was declared brain dead by the Brain Death Declaration team of the hospital after she could not be revived despite all measures.

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"As per the recipient list of the state prepared by SOTTO, two recipients having high priority score were selected for a kidney transplant. The matter was shared with ROTTO and NOTTO. The Apollo Hospital Bhubaneswar cooperated in performing all laboratory investigations required. After cross-match of donor and recipient the kidneys were retrieved and transplanted to two eligible recipients, who are stable," it added.

The recipients were identified as Alok Bodak (36) of Brajaraj Nagar in Jharsuguda and Saurjya Ranjan Sahoo (48) of CDA in Cuttack.

Notably, the first cadaveric kidney transplant in Odisha was carried out by a team of doctors at SCBMCH and Apollo Hospitals in Bhubaneswar in 2020. After surgery of six hours, the team of doctors at Apollo Hospitals successfully conducted one of the transplants. The other kidney harvested was transported to SCBMCH for transplant.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Fortis Hospital Mulund witnessed its 1st donation of 2023, after the family of a 37-year-old brain-dead woman, from Uran, consented to donate her organs. Suffering from Meningitis with multiple brain infarcts and Cerebral Edema, the patient was under treatment at the hospital for the past few weeks; her condition rapidly deteriorated and she was subsequently declared brain dead.