Civic teacher dies of brain bleed, becomes Mumbai's fourth bone donor
TNN | Jan 20, 2019, 03:07 IST
Ghanghav was distributing his daughter's 5th birthday party invite when he collapsedMUMBAI: The city's fifth cadaveric donation this year took place early on Saturday after a doting 44-year-old father collapsed due to a massive brain bleed while distributing invites for his daughter's forthcoming fifth birthday party in Nerul.
With civic teacher Rajesh Ghanghav's donations of a heart, liver, skin, corneas and bones, the city has recorded eight donations in 22 days. The Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC) had consents from two more families in this period, but the brain-dead patients crashed before retrievals.
Ghanghav, in fact, stands out as only the fourth to donate bones since the programme came up in 2016. The bones were given to the bank at Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel. Ghanghav, a drawing teacher at BMC's school in Kherwadi, Bandra, had a history of hypertension. "He had not taken his medicines for the last two days and collapsed on Thursday," said his brother-in-law Mayur Sansare.
Ghanghav, who would often help people in the neighbourhood and at his workplace, had wanted to sign up as an organ donor. "He had told his wife Dipika that they, along with their daughter Sanchi, should sign up as donors," said Sansare.
When doctors at Apollo Hospital, Nerul, counselled Dipika about brain death, she decided to donate "all organs possible".
The family wanted to donate his hand as well, but the ZTCC's waiting list didn't have a potential recipient with the right biological match. "Ghanghav never raised his voice at anyone. He was always cheerful and helpful. In fact, he was with friends discussing Sanchi's birthday party when he started getting tremors and collapsed," said his brother-in-law.
His heart was donated to a patient registered for transplant at Fortis Hospital in Mulund and his liver was given to a patient registered for transplant at Apollo Hospital itself.
Dr Abhijit Kale who heads the bone donations programme at SOTTO and ROTTO said the Ghangav family's donations should change people's mind about bone donations.
"We get thousands of bone donations from patients who have undergone knee and hip replacement operations, but we have had only four cadaver donations so far," he said. Bones are carefully retrieved in a manner that the body's shape does not get affected. "For instance, we remove every alternate rib from the 12 pairs," he said.
Experts are satisfied with the spate of donations in the city in January so far. In 2018, donations dipped to 49 as against 58 in 2017. ZTCC's Dr S Mathur said the year has started off well. He credited this to efforts by intensivists across the city.
"ZTCC held a meeting with intensivists on December 27 to encourage them to identify and certify brain death more frequently," said Dr Mathur. He said brain death certifications had increased thereafter. "Intensivists can make a big difference and they have shown commitment to the cause so far."
With civic teacher Rajesh Ghanghav's donations of a heart, liver, skin, corneas and bones, the city has recorded eight donations in 22 days. The Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC) had consents from two more families in this period, but the brain-dead patients crashed before retrievals.
Ghanghav, in fact, stands out as only the fourth to donate bones since the programme came up in 2016. The bones were given to the bank at Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel. Ghanghav, a drawing teacher at BMC's school in Kherwadi, Bandra, had a history of hypertension. "He had not taken his medicines for the last two days and collapsed on Thursday," said his brother-in-law Mayur Sansare.
Ghanghav, who would often help people in the neighbourhood and at his workplace, had wanted to sign up as an organ donor. "He had told his wife Dipika that they, along with their daughter Sanchi, should sign up as donors," said Sansare.
When doctors at Apollo Hospital, Nerul, counselled Dipika about brain death, she decided to donate "all organs possible".
The family wanted to donate his hand as well, but the ZTCC's waiting list didn't have a potential recipient with the right biological match. "Ghanghav never raised his voice at anyone. He was always cheerful and helpful. In fact, he was with friends discussing Sanchi's birthday party when he started getting tremors and collapsed," said his brother-in-law.
His heart was donated to a patient registered for transplant at Fortis Hospital in Mulund and his liver was given to a patient registered for transplant at Apollo Hospital itself.
Dr Abhijit Kale who heads the bone donations programme at SOTTO and ROTTO said the Ghangav family's donations should change people's mind about bone donations.
"We get thousands of bone donations from patients who have undergone knee and hip replacement operations, but we have had only four cadaver donations so far," he said. Bones are carefully retrieved in a manner that the body's shape does not get affected. "For instance, we remove every alternate rib from the 12 pairs," he said.
Experts are satisfied with the spate of donations in the city in January so far. In 2018, donations dipped to 49 as against 58 in 2017. ZTCC's Dr S Mathur said the year has started off well. He credited this to efforts by intensivists across the city.
"ZTCC held a meeting with intensivists on December 27 to encourage them to identify and certify brain death more frequently," said Dr Mathur. He said brain death certifications had increased thereafter. "Intensivists can make a big difference and they have shown commitment to the cause so far."
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