The donation of organs by M. Damotharan has once again highlighted the need for heightened awareness of organ donation.
“The organs will be transplanted on recipients in Chennai and Madurai who are in the final stages of their ailments and will give them a new lease of life. If families of more brain-dead persons come forward to donate organs, it will greatly benefit many people,” said K. Sampath Kumar, who led an expert team of doctors to harvest the organs of the deceased.
“Tamil Nadu ranks first in the country in cadaver transplants and we can further enable more transplantations with more people coming forward to donate organs,” he said.
Ajitabh Srivastav, a doctor from MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, who had come to take the liver for transplantation, said they greatly respected the donor’s family for taking the decision to donate the youth’s organs.
“It is never easy for the family of a patient who has been declared ‘brain-dead’ to agree to donate organs. We appreciate the family for its gesture and hope that this would inspire more such donations,” he said.
“It is never easy
for the family
of a patient who
has been declared ‘brain-dead’
to agree to
donate organs”
