Organs Of Army Man’s Brain-Dead Daughter Save Lives (Image: X @adgpi)
The liver and kidneys of a brain-dead 15-year-old girl, the daughter of a serving Indian Army soldier, have saved the lives of critical patients. This was announced by the Additional Directorate General of Public Information, IHQ of the MoD (Army), in a social media post on January 11.
A miraculous midnight surgical endeavour performed by the Transplant team of Command Hospital #Chandimandir, by harvesting Liver and Kidneys from a brain dead 15 year old daughter of #IndianArmy Soldier.
The harvested organs were flown by #IAF to R&R Hospital, Delhi and… pic.twitter.com/nRGgoAcFDX
— ADG PI – INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) January 11, 2024
“The harvested organs were flown by #IAF to R&R Hospital, Delhi and successfully implanted providing new lease of life to critical patients,” the army said in the X post. The Tribune reported that the girl was declared brain dead at the Command Hospital in Chandimandir after a road accident. The report said that the girl”s mother also died in the accident. According to the Tribune, the girl”s father is serving as a havildar in the Territorial Army.
Notably, the harvested organs were flown to the Army Hospital (Research & Referral) in New Delhi in an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft. “This Noble initiative of organ donation by the soldier in his hour of grief, bringing new hopes in others lives is highly commendable,” added the army in the X post.
The Financial Express earlier mentioned in a report that the organ donation initiative in the armed forces began in the late 2000s. This process is coordinated by the Armed Forces Organ Retrieval and Transplantation Authority (AORTA) in the Army hospital (R&R).
