Hands of 68-Year-Old Brain-Dead Man To Give New Lease Of Life To 26-Year-Old Youth In Mumbai; Green Corridor Built In Indore

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A green corridor was prepared in the city on Monday evening to transport the vital organs of a brain dead patient to three different hospitals in Mumbai and Indore city. 

The organs include both the arms, liver and kidneys of 68-year-old Surendra Porwal who was declared brain-dead at Shalby Hospital on Monday. This would be the first time when both the hands of the person are being donated by the deceased’s family. 

According to information, the two hands and the liver will be airlifted to Mumbai in a chartered flight and the kidneys will be sent to two different hospitals in Indore itself. 

Paths of the green corridor 

Corridor 1: Shalby Hospital to Indore Airport - The two hands are going to be donated to a single recipient in Mumbai. The liver is also being transported to Jupiter Hospital in Mumbai along with the hands.

Corridor 2: Shalby Hospital to Choithram Hospital - One of the kidneys is being transported to Indore’s Choithram Hospital.

Corridor 3: Shalby Hospital to Apollo Hospital. The other kidney is being donated to Indore’s Apollo Hospital.

About the donor 

According to information, the person whose organs are going to be donated is 68-year-old Surendra Porwal. His family decided to donate his vital organs after he was declared brain dead.

Porwal was declared brain dead on Sunday (December 29) after having a stroke. After father’s demise, his son Dhawal Jain Porwal and the entire family decided to donate his organs as he had also expressed such will earlier.

While speaking to the media, "We decided to donate his organs as this is the way by which he will remain alive even after death," Dhawal said. Businessman by profession, Porwal is survived by wife and two sons.

At present, the retrieval of his organs has been initiated at Shalby Hospital and would be swiftly transported to Indore’s airport and two city hospitals through Green Corridors.

Organ retrieval to be started at government hospitals

On Monday, MP Shankar Lalwani visited Shalby Hospital to pay tribute to 68-year-old Surendra Porwal. He expressed condolences to the family informed about the future plans of starting organ retrieval in government hospitals. 

He said, "We have been working on starting organ retrieval in government hospitals. We also discussed the project with the health minister Rajendra Shukla during his visit to Indore. Indore stands no.1 in organ donation in Madhya Pradesh and we are working to make it top in the nation."

Organ receivers:

Both the hands were donated to a 26-year-old male undergoing treatment at the Globus Hospital Mumbai. The liver went towards a 67-year-old woman admitted in the Jupiter Hospital Mumbai.

One of the kidneys was donated to a 57-year-old woman admitted in the Apollo hospital in the city, whereas the other one was donated to a 54-year-old woman undergoing treatment in Indore’s Choithram Hospital.