Coimbatore: Organs of a 17-year-old boy, who was declared brain dead after suffering grievous injuries in a road accident, were donated on Saturday.
Vaitheeshwaran of Ettimadai Pirivu met with the accident on Pollachi Road on Tuesday at 4.50pm. He was rushed to a private hospital for first aid and was later shifted to the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) on Avinashi Road. However, he did not respond to the treatment and was declared brain dead on Friday.
The victim’s parents Gopal and Vimaladevi told hospital authorities that Vaitheeshwaran had consented to donate his organs. The Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (Transtan) was informed about availability of the organs and doctors harvested the teen’s heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, eyes, bone & skin.
While the liver and kidneys were donated to KMCH, eyes were sent to Aravind Eye Hospital and skin and bone to Ganga Hospital. The heart was sent to Chennai-based MGM Hospital and the lungs to KIMS Hospitals in Secunderabad.