Brain-dead diamond unit owner gives new lease of life to five people

Surat: Organs of a brain-dead diamond unit owner have given a new lease of life to five people here on Thursday.
Keshubhai Mangukia (63), a resident of Varachha, had complained of pain in his heart and was admitted to Mahavir Hospital on April 25. Mangukia underwent angioplasty and his right side of the body got paralysed. The CT scan revealed that Mangukia had developed blood clots in the brain.
As his health deteriorated, Mangukia was kept on ventilator and then shifted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. The CT scan report suggested that he had developed brain haemorrhage and was shifted back to Mahavir Hospital in Surat on April 27, where doctors declared him brain-dead. Uro Foods chairman Manhar Saparia contacted volunteers of Donate Life, who convinced Mangukia’s wife and other family members on organ donation.
A team of doctors from the Institute Of Kidney Diseases And Research Centre (IKDRC), Ahmedabad, headed by Dr Jamal Rizvi arrived at Mahavir Hospital and collected the donation of liver and kidneys. The donation of corneas was donated to Lokdrashti Eye Bank in the city for eye transplantation in two blind persons.
The kidneys were transplanted in the bodies of Keshavkumar Chandnani (43) and Jayantilal Rana (64) and liver recipient was Paresh Trivedi (45). All three are residents of Ahmedabad.
Until now, DonateLife has received donations of 249 kidneys, 101 livers, six pancreas, 16 heart and 212 corneas.
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