Hyderabad: Organs of 20-year-old man donated

The mother of the brain-dead victim, Kuppolu Parvathamm, gave consent to donate the organs of her brain-dead son

Hyderabad: The family members of a 20-year-old painter, Koppolu Sampath Kumar, a resident of Kanchanapalle, Nalgonda, who was declared brain dead by attending team of doctors, have decided to donate his organs to needy patients under the State-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative.

On May 1, Sampath Kumar received grievous injuries when he fell from an auto (three-wheeler) in an accident at Haliya, Nalgonda. The family members immediately shifted him to a private hospital in Hyderabad and after emergency treatment, the attending team of doctors declared him brain dead on May 4.

The mother of the brain-dead victim, Kuppolu Parvathamm, gave consent to donate the organs of her brain-dead son. The doctors retrieved liver (01), kidneys (02), and corneas (02), in all 5 organs, and allocated them to patients based on Jeevandan organ donation guidelines.