Surat: A toddler from Gujarat gave a new lease of life to five children, including two from Russia and Ukraine, when his parents donated his organs after he was declared brain dead following an accident.
"Jash Sanjeev Oza was declared brain dead by doctors a few days after he suffered brain haemorrhage due to a fall from the second floor of a house in his neighbourhood while playing, said an NGO on Wednesday," which facilitated the entire process.
"The two-and-a-half-year-old boy's heart, lung, kidneys, liver and eyes were donated after consent from his family," it said.
"Parents of the boy, whose father Sanjeev Oza is a journalist, decided to donate his organs after officials of the NGO, Donate Life, approached them," the organisation said.
After finding the recipients, the heart and lungs were taken in the ambulance from the hospital to Surat airport and from there, an air ambulance took it directly to MGM Hospital in Chennai. It covered the distance of around 1,615 kilometres in just 160 minutes.
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"The organ donation had taken place on Tuesday night and it all had happened with the support of the doctors, hospital staff, and the police department who had made all arrangement of creating a green corridor that helped the ambulance to reach the Surat airport from the hospital within a few minutes,” said Niles Mandlewala, the president of Surat-based NGO Donate Life.
Jash's heart was transplanted into a four-year-old child from Russia and lung into a boy from Ukraine.
His kidneys were transplanted into two girls, aged 14 and 17 in Ahmedabad and liver into a two-year-old boy from Bhavnagar. His corneas were donated to Lok Drashti Chakshu Bank.
