A 24-year-old man gave a new lease of life to four people when his parents decided to donate his organs, including his heart, after he was declared brain dead by doctors today.
Delhi resident Dharmendra Kumar suffered a severe head injury on October 12 after he fell from the terrace of his house.
"After the accident, he was rushed to a nearby private hospital and was later moved to the Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS," an AIIMS doctor said.
Kumar could not be revived and was declared brain dead, the doctor said.
"After that, his parents were counselled and they agreed to donate the organs of their son," said Dr Aarti Vij, chief of the Organ Retrieval and Banking Organisation (ORBO), AIIMS.
The family donated his two kidneys, liver, heart and corneas, she said.
One of the kidneys was sent to the Safdarjung Hospital, while the other was transplanted into a patient at AIIMS.
The heart was given to a 50-year-old patient while the liver was transplanted in a 45-year-old patient, Dr Vij said.
His corneas have been preserved for future use, she added.
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