Mysore/Mysuru: A brain dead youth has saved the lives of five persons after his family members donated his organs which were harvested at Apollo BGS Hospitals in city. A.N. Abhishek (29), a resident of Halaguru in Malavalli taluk, was brought to Apollo on Aug. 18 evening, after he met with a self accident near BWSSB Main Gate and T.K. village in Malavalli. Initial CT scan showed brain stem infarct and he was shifted to ICU for life support and intensive care.
On Aug. 22, he was declared brain dead due to brain stem failure, as per the Hospital protocol stipulated by the Transplant of Human Organs Act 1994 by panellist doctors at Apollo BGS Hospitals.
