Very often, the fate takes a valuable life of a person and shatters the dreams of the family. But sometimes, some generous families think that their beloved family member could save the lives of others posthumously, and so willingly volunteer to give their departed beloved’s organs to wipe the tears of other families. Such an incident happened recently.
On the fateful day 08.10.19 evening around 4.30pm, an 18 year old college student- B.Ramkumar, who lived with his family at Suppathal Layout, Rathinapuri, Coimbatore met with an accident near Ganapathy More Market.
Immediately he was taken to a Coimbatore GH for first aid treatment, after then to KMCH Avanashi Road Coimbatore, for specialized treatment. During the treatment he didn’t responde much and was declared brain dead on 10.10.2019. His father Balasubramani, and mother B.Supriya came forward generously to donate their deceased son’s organs.
On 11th , October 2019 morning, Multi Organ Transplant Surgeons and team harvested Heart, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys, Eyes, Skin and Bone from B.Ramkumar. The harvested organs i.e. Liver & One Kidney were transplanted at KMCH, One Kidney, Eyes, Skin & Bone was sent to Private Hospital at Coimbatore, Heart & Lung was sent to Private Hospital at Chennai. The family members felt proud that his organs gave new lease of lives to 9 needy people.
In honouring their gesture, Dr. Arun N Palaniswami, Executive Director, KMCH thanked the family for their bold and timely decision on organ donation.