Organs of brain dead girl travels 170 km for transplants

Press Trust of India  |  Kolkata 

The and kidneys of a 13-year-old girl, declared brain dead, was on Sunday transported across a stretch of 170 km in the state for transplants at a city hospital, officials said.

A team of doctors of here travelled to in district and collected the liver, kidneys and corneas of Madhusmita Bayen and left for Kolkata in a convoy, they said.

Deputy Commissioner, Asansol Police Commissionerate, told reporters the organs were transported in a convoy and passed through a green corridor covering a 170-km distance via Panagarh Bypass-Burdwan-Dankuni-Santragachhi.

A senior doctor at SSKM said the two kidneys were expected to be transplanted on two patients from North 24 and Nadia districts, after cross-matching on Sunday midnight.

The would be transplanted on another patient from North 24 district, the doctor said, adding, all arrangements have been made to start the transplantations once the organs reach the

The corneas of the girl will be kept at an eye bank, the doctor said.

Madhusmita, a resident of Mejia in Bankura, had slipped into a few days back and declared brain dead on Saturday, sources said.

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First Published: Sun, November 18 2018. 23:20 IST