CHANDIGARH: “A blood donor for 48 times, she must have enhanced lives of hundreds of critically ill patients. So, I wanted to make sure through organ donation that her ‘spirit of giving’ continues and becomes her lasting legacy,” said Manjit Singh Bhatia, husband of the deceased organ donor at the PGI.
Manjit turned his grim tragedy into a triumph for two terminally ill renal failure patients and two corneal blind patients with his generous gesture of donating organs of his wife Surinderjit Kaur.
Manjit, a businessman from Morinda, who has also donated blood 52 times, said: “PGI is an inspiration. When you see patients suffering from pain and trauma, your heart melts and you want to do something to alleviate their pain. That has been the sole motivation for our blood donation since years. I vividly remember when we were awarded with the Couple Blood Donor Award by the PGI’s blood bank amid rousing applause and we thanked the almighty for making our lives worthwhile.”
The picture perfect life of Bhatia family suddenly crashed when Surinderjit Kaur, 49, a resident of Morinda, was admitted to Max Hospital, Mohali, on September 10 following intracranial bleed. Due to poor prognosis, Surinderjit could not be revived and her brain got dead on September 12.
On being informed, her family, being strong promoters of the noble cause of blood and organ donation, showcased exceptional initiative and expressed willingness to donate organs of Surinderjit to the attending doctors. The potential donor was accordingly shifted to the PGI and was certified brain dead on September 13.
Following the family’s consent, her kidneys were retrieved and were transplanted to two terminally ill patients suffering from renal ailment. The retrieved corneas, on transplantation, restored the sight of two corneal blind patients at the PGI.
Manjit turned his grim tragedy into a triumph for two terminally ill renal failure patients and two corneal blind patients with his generous gesture of donating organs of his wife Surinderjit Kaur.
Manjit, a businessman from Morinda, who has also donated blood 52 times, said: “PGI is an inspiration. When you see patients suffering from pain and trauma, your heart melts and you want to do something to alleviate their pain. That has been the sole motivation for our blood donation since years. I vividly remember when we were awarded with the Couple Blood Donor Award by the PGI’s blood bank amid rousing applause and we thanked the almighty for making our lives worthwhile.”
The picture perfect life of Bhatia family suddenly crashed when Surinderjit Kaur, 49, a resident of Morinda, was admitted to Max Hospital, Mohali, on September 10 following intracranial bleed. Due to poor prognosis, Surinderjit could not be revived and her brain got dead on September 12.
On being informed, her family, being strong promoters of the noble cause of blood and organ donation, showcased exceptional initiative and expressed willingness to donate organs of Surinderjit to the attending doctors. The potential donor was accordingly shifted to the PGI and was certified brain dead on September 13.
Following the family’s consent, her kidneys were retrieved and were transplanted to two terminally ill patients suffering from renal ailment. The retrieved corneas, on transplantation, restored the sight of two corneal blind patients at the PGI.
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