By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
16th March:- Following the footsteps of other twelve
brave-heart families this year, the benevolent family of deceased Bhagwani Devi
gave the greatest gift anyone can give the ‘gift of life’ to two critically ill
patients through the selfless and generous act of organ donation of their
dear mother, 54 year old deceased Bhagwani Devi here at PGIMER
today.
On March 12th, the
deceased, a resident of Baltana in Panchkula District was brought to PGI in an
extremely critical condition following a subdural hemorrhage (SDH) and was
being treated in the Neuro-Surgery department of PGI. However, it was something
else willed by the Almighty. May be the time of Bhagwani Devi’s
mortal existence was over as she could not be saved despite
best of the efforts and was declared brain dead on 15thMarch.
It was then the transplant coordinator
raised the matter of organ donation with Ramesh, son of the deceased Bhagwani
Devi, who gave his consent for the same. Following this, liver and kidneys were
retrieved from the deceased. Later, the transplantation of liver and one of the
kidneys enabled second lease of life to two critically ill patients in PGI. The
second kidney being shrunken in size was not found usable by the concerned
transplant surgeons.
Extremely courageous Ramesh, while
trying to cope up with his own dark tragedy of losing his mother said
that his mother was selfless. She never did
anything for recognition. She did things for others because it made her feel
good. There was always something special on her face and in her eyes as she
would tell him of her experience of helping someone. Even in her death, she has
done what she lived for by selflessly saving the lives of two others. She
will continue to live amongst us through them. The family gathered around the
operation theater described the deceased as a ‘kind and
large-hearted person.
Sharing her experience, the transplant
coordinator here at PGI said that he thinks being aware himself and efforts of
the attending doctors to acquaint him about the prognosis of the disease
enabled Ramesh give consent for his mother’s organ donation braving his own
tragedy.”
Ranuka (name changed), the wife of the
liver recipient knew that the chance of her husband surviving debilitating
liver ailment for long was zero without a liver transplant. Renuka said
that her husband got that chance today with a liver transplant at PGI as a
result of the courageous decision made by the brave-heart son of Bhagwani
Devi. Any amount of thanks can never be enough to thank the donor
family.
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