13TH HEART DONATION FROM SURAT TRANSFERRED TO INDORE AND TRANSPLANTED INTO 21 YEARS OLD BOY

This was the 13th incident of heart donation in Surat while family members of Kachrabhai agreed to donate his heart when doctors declared him brain dead.

15th August 2017 came as a shock for Kachrabhai’s family members when he slipped from his bike and got unconscious. He was admitted to Sunrise Hospital in Udhna for the primary

treatment. Later, he was shifted to METAS of Seventh Day Adventists Hospital under Dr. A D Bam on 16th August 2017 where doctors found brain haemorrhage after CT scan.

Kachrabhai lost the battle though and on 17th August, Thursday, Neurosurgeon Dr. Kirit Shah and Neurophysician Dr. Paresh Zanzmera declared him brain dead.

Dr. Ankit Gajjar from METAS of Seventh Day Adventists Hospital informed Donate Life President Nilesh Mandlewala about Kachrabhai. The team of Donate Life reached the hospital

and explained the importance & procedure of Organ Donation to Kachrabhai’s son Sunnykumar and other members of the family. Family members of Kachrabhai said, “It’s better to

donate his precious organs and save the lives of needy patients rather than burning his organs to ashes.”

On getting the consent of Kachrabhai’s family members, Nilesh Mandlewala contacted Dr. Pranjal Modi at Institute of Kidney & Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) and informed

him to take the donation of kidneys and liver whereas for donation of heart, he contacted CIMS and Sterling Hospital but there was no recipient so he contacted Dr. Sujata Patvardhan

at ROTTO (Region Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization) to take the donation of heart. The waiting list of ROTTO showed patient from Indore city in a need of the heart, so the heart

was donated to CHL Hospital in Indore.