On December 9, Jash Oza fell from the second floor balcony of his neighbour's house in Surat city. On December 14, doctors declared him brain dead.
A two-and-a-half year-old boy from Gujarat became the youngest cadaver donor, giving a new lease of life to seven children, including two from Russia and Ukraine, after his parents donated his organs. Jash’s heart, liver, lungs, both kidneys and eyes were donated after his parents Sanjeev Oza and Arachana agreed for the noble cause.
The heart was transplanted to a four-year-old Russian boy and the lungs to another four-year-old boy from Ukraine at MGM hospital in Chennai on Tuesday..
The kidneys were transplanted to a 13-year-old girl from Surendranagar and a 17-year-old girl from Surat through Institute of Kidney Disease and Research Centre (IKDRC), Ahmedabad. The liver was transplanted to a two-year-old boy at IKDRC. The corneas were donated to Lok Drasti Chakshu Bank in Surat.
Nilesh Mandlewala, the president of Surat-based NGO Donate Life that works in organ donation reached out to the hospital and convinced Jash’s father Sanjiv Oza, a journalist, to donate the child’s organs so that he could give life to other children.
On December 9, Jash Oza fell from the second floor balcony of his neighbour's house in Shanti Palace of Bhatar area in the city. Doctors found that he had suffered brain haemorrhage and swelling. On December 14, they declared him brain dead.
This is the second organ donation amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Surat city.
1. Organs of brain dead child give new lease of life to seven
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A two-and-a-half-year-old child, declared brain dead following an accident, gave a new lease of life to seven children, including two from Russia and Ukraine.
2. Family agreed to donate organs after being persuaded
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After the doctors declared the child brain dead, his parents were shocked. It was then that Nilesh Mandlewala of Donate Life, a social service organisation in Surat, met the child's family and persuaded them to donate his organs.
3. Child's heart, lungs, kidney, liver and eyes were donated
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After being persuaded by a social service organisation, Jash's family finally decided to donate his organs. After that the child's heart, lungs, kidney, liver and eyes were donated.
4. Seven people got new life due to organ donation
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Seven people got new life due to the organs donated by Jash. Jash's heart and lungs were brought from Surat (Surat) through the Green Corridor to MGM Hospital in Chennai. A distance of 1,615 km between Chennai and Surat (Surat) was covered in just 160 minutes.
5. Heart was transplanted to a four-year-old Russian boy
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The heart was transplanted to a four-year-old Russian boy and the lungs to another four-year-old boy from Ukraine at MGM hospital in Chennai on Tuesday.
