Brain-dead 18-year-olds organs to revitalise eight lives in Kerala

In lower than 24 hours, Kerala witnessed one more gesture of altruism, when the household of Biljith Biju, an 18-year-old teenager who was declared brain-dead following a highway accident in Kochi, got here ahead to donate all salvageable organs to others.

Eight organs harvested from the teenager, whose brainstem demise was confirmed by docs on Friday, is thus giving a brand new lease of life to eight individuals and big hopes to their households.

For Okay-SOTTO (Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization), which has been struggling arduous to carry up the momentum of Mrithasanjeevani, the State’s deceased donor organ donation and convey again public focus to the noble and life-giving act of organ donation, the previous two days have been fairly heartening.

Biljith Biju, a primary 12 months pupil of Adisankara Institute of Engineering and Technology and a local of Nedumbassery, Ernakulam, was critically injured, when the bike he was using was hit by a lorry on the Nedumbassery-Kariyad nationwide freeway on September 2.

He was admitted to the Little Flower Hospital at Angamaly however brainstem demise was confirmed on Friday, following which the potential of organ donation developed.

Though grieving for his or her son, Biljith’s household was prepared for organ donation, following which Okay-SOTTO coordinated with hospitals and located appropriate organ recipients from the ready checklist on Mrithasanjeevani.

Biljith’s coronary heart was transplanted in a 13-year-old woman who has been awaiting a donor coronary heart at Lisie Hospital, Kochi. The kidneys have been donated to end-stage renal illness sufferers at Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital and Rajagiri hospital, Ernakulam. The liver, small intestines and pancreas have been obtained by Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Ernakulam for his or her end-stage organ failure sufferers. Both corneas have been retrieved by the Little Flower hospital.

The Health Minister Veena George paid tributes to the teenager whose life was snuffed out early and thanked Biiljith’s household for his or her beneficiant gesture.

Biljith is survived by his dad and mom, Biju Palamattom and Linda and his brother, Bivel. The funeral rites will likely be held at their residence on Saturday.