A LIFE THAT GAVE LIFE TO FOUR

A LIFE THAT GAVE LIFE TO FOUR

 P.T. (27) left this world while doing his job. But he will continue to live through four other people.This was the first case of cadaver organ transplantation in Government Medical College in Kozhikode. Aneesh was declared brain dead following an accident at the hotel where he, an electrician, was trying to train the staff on the usage of a fire extinguisher.Instead of the usual apprehensions on the part of the relatives in such cases, Aneesh’s parents Balakrishnan and Shobha, as well as his brother Arun Kumar agreed to donate his organs. Both his kidneys were donated to patients undergoing treatment at the Malabar Institute of Medical Science in the city while the eyes were donated to the eye bank of the medical college.

One of the kidneys was donated to a 26-year-old male from Nallalam, Kozhikode, who was under dialysis at MIMS Dialysis Centre, Nallalam.The second kidney was transplanted to a 21-year-old female from Vadakara, who was under dialysis for four years at MIMS Dialysis Centre, Vadakara.The accident happened last Saturday.He was immediately taken to the medical college.But the brain death was confirmed on Wednesday.

                                         Prof. John Kurakar