New life for 6 in Kolkata's 5th cadaver donation

KOLKATA: The city saw its fifth deceased organ donation of the year on Saturday when the organs of a 23-year-old deceased donor were retrieved and transplanted in six patients. While four patients battling organ failure are looking forward to a fresh lease of life, two patients in Chennai stand to benefit by Neelsekhar Mandal's organs, who was declared brain dead at Apollo Multispeciality Hospital (AMH).
For the first time, the small bowel of a deceased donor was retrieved and harvested in Bengal. ROTTO (East), after contacting other states and NOTTO, allocated the small bowel to MGM Hospital in Chennai to be transplanted on an 8-year-old, the heart to a 47-year-old male at Medica Hospital, the liver to a 43-year-old male at Apollo Hospital, one kidney to a 54-year-old male at Apollo Hospital, another kidney to a 30-year-old male at Command Hospital and the lungs to a 59-year-old male at MGM Hospital in Chennai.

Mandal had sustained a grievous head injury in a road accident last Saturday. The resident of Kismat Radhakantapur in Paschim Midnapore's Sonakhali was brought to AMH on April 2. Despite intensive support,Mandal, who just graduated in engineering, suffered brainstem death.
"Deb Prasad Mondal, who is a professor in IIT Rohtak and a cousin, got the family to agree to the donation," said another cousin Tarak Nath. Mandal's father, Sekhar Ranjan, consented to the donation.
"He was a bright student and an only child to his parents. Despite the loss his parents are much at solace after donating his organs," said Prasenjit Bera, a family friend. "We salute the family who came forward to the donation," said Indrajeet Tiwary, head gastro critical care and liver transplant unit at Apollo and also the chairman of Bengal Organ Donation Society. "This is the first time that a small bowel has been harvested in the city," said a source in ROTTO (East).