IN CHANDIGARH’S PGIMER, ANOTHER GIRL SAVES LIVES OF FOUR ORGAN-FAILURE PATIENTS

In Chandigarh’s PGIMER, another little girl became a ray of hope for four in-waiting organ failure patients with her parents’ generous decision of organ donation amid their grim tragedy.

On December 22, a 5-year-old girl (identity withheld) became unconscious after falling from a height and was rushed to a nearby civil hospital. However, due to a worsening prognosis, she was shifted to PGIMER in an extremely critical condition the same day.

After spending a week at the hospital, the girl succumbed and was declared brain dead by the doctors.

Later, the transplant coordinators at PGIMER approached the grief-stricken father, to request if he could consider the organ donation, to which he consented.

“It’s something no family should have to go through. We said ‘yes’ to Organ Donation because we knew this could help someone else and they wouldn’t need to go through the heartache that we were going through. We knew it was the right thing to do,” said the girl’s father.

Prof. Surjeet Singh, Director PGIMER, expressing PGIMER’s indebtedness to the donor family, stated, “It is an extremely hard decision, but the donor families are a silver lining in the dark lives of organ failure patients. It is through their generous acts of organ donation that hundreds of people each year are given a second chance at life.”

Dr. Vipin Koushal, Addl. Medical Superintendent PGIMER and Nodal Officer, ROTTO (North), while detailing about the latest case, said, “Following the family’s consent, we retrieved heart, liver, kidneys and pancreas. Once the donor organs became available, everyone swiftly got into action leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the donor’s legacy continues.”