Brain-dead 18-year-old’s organs to revitalise eight lives in Kerala

In less than 24 hours, Kerala, a 18 -year -old teenager who was declared dead after a traffic accident in Kochi, witnessed another altruistic gesture when he came to the fore to donate all sacred organs to others.

Brain stem death is harvested by young people who were confirmed by doctors on Friday, eight organs, so eight people give a new life rental and their families great hopes.

It was very uncomfortable for the K-Sotto (Kerala state organ and tissue transplantation organization), which was difficult to reveal the momentum of Mrithasanjevani, the donor organ donation of the state and to focus on the public focus over the last two days.

Biljith Biju, the first-year student of the Adisankara Institute of Engineering and Technology and the local Ernakulam of Nedumbassery, was seriously injured when he was shot by a truck on the Nedumbasser-Kariyad national highway on 2 September.

He was admitted to the Small Flower Hospital in Anamaly, but on Friday, brain stem death was confirmed and then the possibility of organ donation developed.

Although he mourned for his sons, Biljith’s family was willing to donate organ donation, then coordinated with K-Sotto hospitals, and found suitable organ receivers from the waiting list in Mrithasanjeevani.

Biljith’s heart, Kochi, Lisie Hospital was transferred to a 13 -year -old girl waiting for a donor heart. Kozhikode government of the kidneys Kozhikode Medical College Hospital and Ernakulam Rajagiri Hospital was donated to renal disease patients. Liver, small intestines and pancreas were taken by the Ernakulam Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences for the final stage organ failure patients. Both cornea were taken by Küçük Çiçek Hospital.

Minister of Health Veena George paid tribute to young people who withdrew early and thanked Biiljith’s family for generous gestures.

Biljith survived by his family Biju Palamattom and Linda and his brother Bivel. Funeral ceremonies will be held at home on Saturday.