Coimbatore: A 47-year-old 'brain dead' man provided new lease of life to six persons by donating his organs for the needy patients.
The harvested organs include kidneys, eyes, liver and skin, which were rushed to various hospitals in Coimbatore as directed by Tamil Nadu Organ Sharing Network Registry for Transplantation, KG Hospital Chairman G Bhakthavataslam said.
GR Vijayakuimar, working as manager of KG-Group owned textile mill, was riding a motorcycle and met with an accident with another two-wheeler in Annur on outskirts on Tuesday morning and brought to the hospital, he said.
However, he did not respond to the treatment and was declared "brain dead".
The family of Vijayakumar, after counselling, agreed to donate the organs, which was conveyed to Tamil Nadu Cadaver Transplant Programme authorities and his organs were harvested.
One of the kidneys was allotted to KG Hospital, another to PSG Hospitals, liver to Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, skin to Ganga Hospital and eyes to Sankara Eye Hospital, he said.
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