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The Times of India
21-year-old leaves gift of life for 34
At its own initiative, the family asked doctors to harvest the son's organs - a decision that will help at least 34 people.
NEW DELHI: A family which lost a 21-year-old son to an accident has bravely put its grief behind and come forward to give the gift of life to others. At its own initiative, the family asked doctors to harvest the son's organs - a decision that will help at least 34 people.
The first beneficiaries included a 58-year-old man suffering from end-stage liver failure and at least two other critically ill patients who received organ transplants on Tuesday.
The donations were made possible by the Juneja family of east Delhi, whose only son, Anmol, suffered irreversible brain damage in a road accident on Friday. Anmol was a BCA student.
Anmol's heart valve, pancreas, cornea and at least 30 other organs have been preserved for transplant, said doctors at AIIMS Trauma Centre where the organ retrieval was conducted.
Family came forward to donate all organs
The transplants were carried out at AIIMS and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) respectfully. The recipients, doctors said, are doing fine.
"This is perhaps the first case where a family has approached the hospital to donate all organs," said Dr Misra , chief of the trauma centre. "We have so many patients dying in hospitals due to accident injuries. Despite counselling, most families do not agree to donate organs, citing religious beliefs. But in this case, they came on their own and requested us to take as many organs as possible so that that their child could give life to others even in death."
Anmol was the only son of Madan Mohan Juneja, a resident of Geeta Colony in east Delhi. He was pursuing BCA from a private institute in Rohini . His uncle, D K Juneja, said Anmol met with an accident late on Friday night. "He was returning from a party on a bike when he met with an accident near the Patparganj flyover. A passerby who saw Anmol lying on the road and informed us," Juneja said.
Anmol was taken to a private hospital where doctors said the brain damage was irreversible. "After many consultations with doctors, we decided to donate Anmol's organs so that somebody else's life could be saved," said Juneja.
He added that they approached at least three top private hospitals with a request to retrieve the organs and it was AIIMS trauma centre which agreed to harvest the maximum number of organs.
"The patient was brought to our hospital at 3.30pm on Monday. He was declared brain dead at 4pm first and then again after six hours as per the transplant act. The retrieval of organs started around 10.30pm the same day. Matching recipients were identified and the transplants carried out simultaneously at AIIMS and ILBS. Despite our best efforts, we could not find a recipient for his heart," said a senior doctor at trauma centre.
Dr Sudhir Gupta, senior forensic expert at AIIMS, said Anmol's family had set an example for others who refuse to accept brain death for various reasons. "Brain death means irreversible loss of brain functions which has to be certified by a team of experts as per the law. Once a patient is declared brain dead, more than 37 different organs and tissues can be harvested including heart, kidney, lung, liver and pancreas among others," he said.
On the other hand, once the heart stops, so does blood circulation. After this only tissues like cornea, skin and bone can be used, Dr Gupta said.
The first beneficiaries included a 58-year-old man suffering from end-stage liver failure and at least two other critically ill patients who received organ transplants on Tuesday.
The donations were made possible by the Juneja family of east Delhi, whose only son, Anmol, suffered irreversible brain damage in a road accident on Friday. Anmol was a BCA student.
Anmol's heart valve, pancreas, cornea and at least 30 other organs have been preserved for transplant, said doctors at AIIMS Trauma Centre where the organ retrieval was conducted.
Family came forward to donate all organs
The transplants were carried out at AIIMS and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) respectfully. The recipients, doctors said, are doing fine.
"This is perhaps the first case where a family has approached the hospital to donate all organs," said Dr Misra , chief of the trauma centre. "We have so many patients dying in hospitals due to accident injuries. Despite counselling, most families do not agree to donate organs, citing religious beliefs. But in this case, they came on their own and requested us to take as many organs as possible so that that their child could give life to others even in death."
Anmol was the only son of Madan Mohan Juneja, a resident of Geeta Colony in east Delhi. He was pursuing BCA from a private institute in Rohini . His uncle, D K Juneja, said Anmol met with an accident late on Friday night. "He was returning from a party on a bike when he met with an accident near the Patparganj flyover. A passerby who saw Anmol lying on the road and informed us," Juneja said.
Anmol was taken to a private hospital where doctors said the brain damage was irreversible. "After many consultations with doctors, we decided to donate Anmol's organs so that somebody else's life could be saved," said Juneja.
He added that they approached at least three top private hospitals with a request to retrieve the organs and it was AIIMS trauma centre which agreed to harvest the maximum number of organs.
"The patient was brought to our hospital at 3.30pm on Monday. He was declared brain dead at 4pm first and then again after six hours as per the transplant act. The retrieval of organs started around 10.30pm the same day. Matching recipients were identified and the transplants carried out simultaneously at AIIMS and ILBS. Despite our best efforts, we could not find a recipient for his heart," said a senior doctor at trauma centre.
Dr Sudhir Gupta, senior forensic expert at AIIMS, said Anmol's family had set an example for others who refuse to accept brain death for various reasons. "Brain death means irreversible loss of brain functions which has to be certified by a team of experts as per the law. Once a patient is declared brain dead, more than 37 different organs and tissues can be harvested including heart, kidney, lung, liver and pancreas among others," he said.
On the other hand, once the heart stops, so does blood circulation. After this only tissues like cornea, skin and bone can be used, Dr Gupta said.
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