Sunday, 04 AUGUST 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Rishikesh stated to have successfully conducted its maiden full-fledged cadaveric organ donation. This is the first of its kind organ donation initiative in Uttarakhand, too.
The medical superintendent of AIIMS Rishikesh Dr Sanjeev Kumar Mittal said that they had appealed to the family members of 25-year-old Sachin (a Kanwadiya, resident of Mahendragarh, Haryana)- he was declared brain dead after being brought there following a road accident in Roorkee- to donate his organs and they agreed. “Sachin’s donated organs have given a new life to three people admitted in two hospitals. While the kidney and pancreas were transplanted to one patient admitted in PGI Chandigarh, the kidney and liver were transplanted to two patients admitted in Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in Delhi.
Besides, both the corneas removed from Sachin’s body have been kept safe in the eye bank and will soon be transplanted in the eyes of those who need them,” he added.
He further said that a green corridor had been made from AIIMS Rishikesh to Dehradun airport with the help of the district administration for transporting various organs to hospitals in Chandigarh and Delhi within the medically stipulated timeline.
While thanking the young man’s family for the donation gesture, the AIIMS administration said that Sachin’s body had been respectfully sent to his residence in Haryana on Thursday.
Hailing the successful initiative, the executive director, AIIMS Rishikesh, Dr Meenu Singh said that AIIMS Rishikesh had not just achieved a milestone in the field of advanced medical technology but it also showcased what human service with the cooperation of the administration could have done to save lives. “Sachin has donated life to many and AIIMS Rishikesh will gratefully remember Sachin and his large-hearted family members forever,” she added.
