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- The boy was declared brain dead after falling from third floor of his house
- He wanted to donate his organs since a very young age
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New Delhi, November 19, 2022:
In an act of nobility, a 14 year old brain dead boy donated his vital organs at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals to save lives of 6 people. Jyotiraditya Khanna, a class IX student and resident of Haridwar was declared dead due to severe brain and chest injuries after falling off the third floor of his house on 15th November, 2022.
With his condition deteriorating, the boy was referred to Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi on 16th November, 2022. Here under the supervision of Dr Sudheer Kumar Tyagi, Senior Consultant, Neurology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi and Dr Rajesh Chawla, Senior consultant, pulmonology and critical care, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital he was admitted in the hospital. Post investigation, it was diagnosed that his brainstem reflexes were absent and he was declared brain dead.
However amidst the loss, the family expressed the boy’s childhood wish of donating his organs and living through other people by saving lives. Following which his heart will be donated to a 44 year old retired Armyman, who was on his deathbed as his heart wasn’t able to pump blood properly. His corneas were donated to Dr Shroff Charity Eye Hospital. While one kidney would be transplanted into a 44 year old woman at Apollo Hospital, his second kidney will save life of 43 year old woman admitted at Jaipur Golden Hospital. His liver will be transplanted in two people, including an 8 year old boy and 54 year old man and lungs in 37 year old man from Punjab at Medanta Hospital.
Speaking about the same, Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Senior Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “Pediatric cadaver donation is extremely rare. It’s a brave decision by Jyotiraditya’s family, particularly when they were still coming to terms with their loss. Their son has saved the lives of six people, including an 8-year-old boy with liver failure who only had a few days left to live.”
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