GUNTUR: A brain-dead teen’s heart gave a new lease of life to a 33-year-old patient undergoing treatment at Padmavati Multi Speciality Hospital in Tirupati on Tuesday.
According to officials, K Krishna (18), a native of Chilakaluripet of Palnadu district sustained severe head injuries and was admitted to Ramesh Hospital in Guntur where the doctors found that he suffered severe damage to his brain due to an interruption in blood supply. The doctors had to declare him brain-dead.
The bereaved family members agreed to donate his organs. Krishna’s liver has been sent to a hospital in Visakhapatnam, one kidney to Vijayawada, and the heart to Tirupati. The police arranged a green channel from Guntur to safely transport his organs.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to arrange a chopper to transport the organ from Guntur to Tirupati, instead of roadways, to save the patient’s (organ receiver) life. The officials immediately readied the helipad at Police Parade Ground and safely shifted the organs.