First liver transplant carried out in Surat

SURAT: A young yoga trainer infused life into five persons when her family donated her organs after she was declared brain dead on Friday.
The liver, two kidneys and two eyes of 40-year-old Ranjan Chavda were harvested and transplanted into five beneficiaries.
Her liver was transplanted to a city-based businessman, making it the first case of liver donation and transplantation in the city.
Chavda, a resident of Segvi village in Valsad, was hit by some unidentified vehicle near Dharampur crossroad on September 30 when she was going on her moped.
She was going to her sister’s home when the accident occured. She suffered a serious head injury and fracture.
Chavda’s husband works as a driver while her son Jay (16) is Class XI student.
On being shifted to a private hospital, she was diagnosed with brain hemorrhage and blood clot that had developed in her brain. Later she was shifted to Apple Hospital in the city where a surgery to remove blood clot was performed.
However, her condition remained critical. She was declared brain dead and the hospital informed Donate Life, a voluntary organization in Surat working for organ donation, to contact the family.
“The family has shown courage and agreed to donate her organs. This is the first instance of liver donation and transplant in the city. Until now, liver transplantation was never done in the city,” said Nilesh Mandlewala, president of Donate Life.
So far 406 kidneys, 171 livers and 308 corneas were donated from Surat through Donate Life.