Mysuru: 19-year-old organ donor gives new life to 5

MYSURU: The organs of a youth who was declared brain dead were harvested and donated to help save the lives of five other people.
Sharath Kumar, 19, who met with an accident on December 23, on his birthday, was brought to Spandana Hospital in Mysuru. The next day he was shifted to Apollo BGS Hospital and put on life support. Sharath who was heading home died after he and two of his friends were knocked down by a car driven by a constable in Malavalli town.
On December 26, he was declared brain dead. Hospital authorities said tests confirmed he was eligibile to donate his organs. Hospital authorities counselled Sharath's parents on organ donation and they agreed to donate their son's organs. The teenager's heart, kidneys, pancreas, liver and corneas, were harvested at Apollo BGS Hospital. A simultaneous kidney, liver and pancreas transplant was done. While Sharath's one kidney was transplanted to a patient in Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, another was transported to INU, Bengaluru. His liver and pancreas were donated to two patients in Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru and heart to Columbia Asia, Yeshwantpur, in Bengaluru, and the corneas were donated to Mysuru Eye Bank.