Mangaluru: The organs of a 32-year-old brain-dead man, who lost his life in a bike accident, were harvested successfully at the at the Father Muller Charitable Hospital on Wednesday.
Satish Murje Moolya, 32, from Bantwal was declared brain dead on Tuesday.
When Moolya’s family came forward to donate his organs, it was learnt that that he had suffered fatal injuries in a bike mishap on December 26 and brought to the hospital in a coma.
The harvested heart was implanted into a 20-year-old man at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru. The liver was harvested and sent to Narayan Hrudalaya, Bengaluru, by a chartered flight. The kidneys were taken to help patients at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal and KS Hegde Medical Hospital in Derelakatta.
The corneas were given to the eye bank at Father Muller with skin to KSHEMA.
Laveena and Padma of the State Organ Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) team and Jeevasarthakathe, the body appointed to oversee the implementation of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, accompanied transplant coordinators from the hospital, Dr Kelvin Pais and Reshma Carol D’Sa.
The Mangaluru City police provided the green corridor and gave required clearances. ACP (traffic) MN Natraj was present.
Nephrologist Dr Manjunath S and urologist Dr Manjunath Shetty and medical superintendent Dr Uday Kumar supervised the process.
The Father Muller Charitable Institution Director Fr Richard A Coelho comforted the grief-stricken family with Fr Ajith Menezes, Fr Nelson Pais and Fr Jeevan Dsouza.
Meanwhile, the Mangaluru International Airport facilitated the speedy clearance of retrieved organs from the departure gate to the security hold area for onward transportation to Bengaluru on board non-scheduled chartered flight.
Satish Murje Moolya, 32, from Bantwal was declared brain dead on Tuesday.
When Moolya’s family came forward to donate his organs, it was learnt that that he had suffered fatal injuries in a bike mishap on December 26 and brought to the hospital in a coma.
The harvested heart was implanted into a 20-year-old man at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru. The liver was harvested and sent to Narayan Hrudalaya, Bengaluru, by a chartered flight. The kidneys were taken to help patients at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal and KS Hegde Medical Hospital in Derelakatta.
The corneas were given to the eye bank at Father Muller with skin to KSHEMA.
Laveena and Padma of the State Organ Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) team and Jeevasarthakathe, the body appointed to oversee the implementation of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, accompanied transplant coordinators from the hospital, Dr Kelvin Pais and Reshma Carol D’Sa.
The Mangaluru City police provided the green corridor and gave required clearances. ACP (traffic) MN Natraj was present.
Nephrologist Dr Manjunath S and urologist Dr Manjunath Shetty and medical superintendent Dr Uday Kumar supervised the process.
The Father Muller Charitable Institution Director Fr Richard A Coelho comforted the grief-stricken family with Fr Ajith Menezes, Fr Nelson Pais and Fr Jeevan Dsouza.
Meanwhile, the Mangaluru International Airport facilitated the speedy clearance of retrieved organs from the departure gate to the security hold area for onward transportation to Bengaluru on board non-scheduled chartered flight.
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