Brain dead baby girl saves four organ failure patients in India

Gulf Today

An Indian baby girl became a ray of hope for four in-waiting organ failure patients with her parents’ generous decision of organ donation amid their own grim tragedy.

Those who got a second lease of life through transplantation as an outcome of this gesture of organ donation included recipients in Mumbai, Delhi, and two at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. 

An official statement quoting PGIMER Director Surjeet Singh said: “It is an extremely hard decision, but the donor families are a silver lining in the dark lives of organ failure patients. It is through their generous acts of organ donation that hundreds of people each year are given a second chance at life…