Pimpri man’s organs benefit 6 patients in Pune, Mumbai

PUNE: The city recorded its 13th organ donation after the relative of a 33-year-old brain-dead Pimpri resident donated his vital organs on Thursday. The organ donation benefited six patients in Pune and Mumbai.
“Relatives of 13 brain-dead persons have donated their vital organs so far this year in Pune. These organ donations have benefited 25 individuals suffering from end-stage heart, liver, kidney, lungs and bowel conditions,” said Aarti Gokhale, transplant coordinator, Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee.
The 33-year-old donor was a voluntary social worker and worked as a technician with a private cable operator.“He hailed from Beed but had been staying with his wife, children, and parents in Pimpri for more than 20 years,” said Mayuri Barge, transplant coordinator at DY Patil Medical College in Pimpri.
The man had been complaining of a headache for four days and collapsed while at home. He was immediately rushed to DY Patil Medical College and Hospital in Pimpri on June 6. “He was diagnosed with intracranial bleeding due to high blood pressure that had remained undetected,” Barge said.
The man was declared brain dead on June 9. After counselling, the family consented to donate his vital organs.
The man’s liver and two kidneys were transplanted into three patients suffering from end-stage liver and kidney diseases at DY Patil Medical College and Hospital in Pimpri.
The organ donor’s heart benefited a 23-year-old patient at Jaslok Hospital and both his lungs benefited a 46-year-old woman at HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai. The man’s small bowel gave a new lease of life to a 52-year-old woman at Jupiter Hospital in Pune.
Last week, TOI had reported that the city has recorded the second-highest number of cadaver organ donations even as the pandemic rages on this year in Maharashtra.