Newspaper staff's organs donated

CHENNAI: A 26-year-old layout artist with a Tamil weekly died of his injuries at a private hospital in city on Tuesday after a motorbike on which he was riding pillion was hit by a share autorickshaw at Neelankarai on Sunday.
Police said D Madan Kumar's cousin brother was riding the bike when the accident occurred. "Madan Kumar's cousin tried to overtake the share auto when the three-wheeler knocked them down," a traffic police officer said.
Madan Kumar was rushed to the hospital but was declared brain-dead. His relatives consented to donate his organs on Tuesday. Surgeons harvested his lungs, liver, kidneys and heart valves. While the lungs, a kidney and the liver were transplanted to three patients at Global Hospitals, the other kidney was given to Kaliappa Hospital and the eyes to Government Ophthalmic Hospital in Egmore. The heart valves have been given to Madras Medical Mission.
Guindy police are investigating the accident.