Family of brain-dead youth donates organs, saves 3 lives
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Chandigarh: The PGI witnessed another inspiring moment as the family of a young engineering student turned personal tragedy into hope for others by donating his vital organs.
Navneet Singh, 23, a resident of Gangath village, Nurpur, Kangra, suffered a severe head injury after accidentally falling from a rooftop on July 3.
Despite receiving intensive medical care at PGI, he was declared brain dead on July 11.
Amidst their grief, Navneet's father, Janak Singh, made the courageous decision to donate his son's organs. "Deciding to donate my son's organs was the hardest choice we have ever faced. But knowing that his organs would give others a chance to live has brought us some comfort in our sorrow. We are proud that Navneet's legacy will continue through these lives," he said.
Following the family's consent, PGI's transplant teams retrieved Navneet's heart, kidneys, and pancreas. The kidneys and pancreas were transplanted into two critically ill patients at PGI, while the heart was allocated to a matching recipient at RML Hospital, New Delhi, through the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), as no suitable recipient was available at PGI.
To ensure timely transport of the donor heart, a dedicated green corridor was created from PGI to Chandigarh International Airport, Mohali, and onward to New Delhi.
The heart was successfully transplanted into a 26-year-old patient admitted at RML Hospital.
At PGI, the department of renal transplant surgery, led by Prof Ashish Sharma, performed a simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant on one recipient. This marked PGI's 63rd pancreas transplant — the highest number of such procedures performed by any institution across Indian states and union territories — curing the patient of Type I diabetes.
The second kidney was transplanted into another patient suffering from end-stage renal failure and undergoing long-term dialysis.
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