State logs 7th organ donation in '25, 2nd in less than 2 weeks
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Kolkata: The liver and two kidneys of a 23-year-old brain-dead individual were transplanted into three patients in two hospitals of Kolkata on Sunday night. Bengal's seventh deceased donation of 2025 follows the organ donation of a 12-year-old by his parents on May 20.
Puskar Pal of Howrah's Amta met with an accident near his home on the intervening night of May 28 and 29. Initially rushed to the nearby rural hospital, the youth was shifted to IPGMER's trauma care centre due to a severe head injury. "Even as the doctors gave all required medical attention, his condition did not improve. On Saturday night, doctors said Puskar was brain dead and approached us, saying that his organs could save a few lives," said Sayan Mukherjee, his would-be brother-in-law.
The only earning member of the family, Puskar worked as a welder after his father lost job during the pandemic. He dropped out of school so that he could start earning for his family along with his elder sister Puja, who tutors kids in the neighbourhood.
"My brother was a simple and hard-working youth, ready to help people around. When doctors approached us for donating his organs, we decided to go ahead without any hesitation," said cousin brother Swadesh Pal.
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Doctors found that apart from the deceased's lungs, all vital organs were fit for transplant. On finding no matching heart recipient in the state and other hospitals in the region, ROTTO shared the heart with NOTTO. With no takers, the liver and two kidneys were finalised for retrieval and allocated to IPGMER and Command Hospital. Two women, one battling liver failure and the other renal failure, and a man also with kidney failure received the organs.
On May 20, the city recorded the youngest deceased donor when the parents of Umang Galada (12) donated the boy's organs after he was declared brain dead at CMRI Hospital. In 2024, the state logged 14 deceased donations.
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