Brain dead civil engineer gives new lease of life to 6 persons

Coimbatore, Aug 30 (PTI) Six people got a new lease oflife after the family of a 21-year old civil engineer, who wasdeclared brain dead after an accident, donated his vitalorgans. Yuvaraj, hailing from Dharapuram in Tirupur District, hadmet with an accident in March and was recovering. However hehad frequent fits and lost consciousness a couple of times,family sources said. He was brought to Sri Ramakrishna hospital here on August26 and was under treatment, but did not respond to medicationand was declared brain dead last evening, Hospitalnephrologist Dr Chezian said in a release. A team of doctors harvested his heart, liver, twokidneys and two corneas this morning. One kidney was transplanted on a patient in RamakrishnaHospital and another on a patient at KG hospital here,it said. The corneas were sent to Sankara Eye Hospital, the liverto PSG Hospitals and heart to GKNM hospitals, all in the city,and transplanted on patients. PTI NVM APR RCJKK