Man dies on eve of birthday, giving a second chance at life to five people
22-year-old Anto was killed by a speeding car and his family has donated his organs to five recipients
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The family of a 22-year-old man in Kerala, who was killed in a road accident, has donated his organs to five people, so they may have a second chance at a normal life. According to Mathrubhoomi, he was on his way to pick up his sister Josephine, who was working in a clothing store when he collided with a car. His sister only
found out about the accident when she started walking home after Aksano failed to show up as promised.
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Sufiyam Sujatyam director Naranipuzha Shanavas, 40, dies after suffering a heart attack
Renowned Malayalam film director Naranipuzha Shanavas died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. He was 40.
According to reports, Shanavas was shooting for upcoming film âGandhirajan,â at Attapadi in Palakkad district on Sunday.
He was admitted to the at the intensive care unit of KG Hospital in Coimbatore after he went into a cardiogenic shock on film sets, resulting in him to be brain dead.
Hospital authorities asserted that he was already critical when brought in for treatment.
The directorâs family decided to shift him to Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi for a second opinion.
Coimbatore: Malayalam film director Naranipuzha Shanavas, 40, was declared brain-dead at a city hospital on Wednesday.
Shanavas was shooting for his upcoming film Gandhirajan in Attapadi in Palakkad, when he suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday.
KG Hospital spokesperson P Kantharaj said Shanavas was brought to the hospital on Sunday evening in a state of cardiogenic shock, which stops the heart from pumping blood. “His kidney and brain functions were also affected. We put him on renal replacement therapy, a form of continuous dialysis after which his kidney began recovering. But his brain function did not recover. Doctors declared him brain-dead on Wednesday morning,” he said.
Success story: KK Shailaja.
By mid-May, the Indian state of Kerala had contained the first wave of Covid-19, earning praise for the quick thinking and joined-up response of its health minister, KK Shailaja, and her team. By July, however, there were suggestions that those plaudits had been premature, and that Keralaâs Covid-19 response had come unstuck. Had it?
Shailaja Teacher â as the 64-year-old minister is affectionately known â had been expecting a surge in infections once Indiaâs lockdown was lifted later in May. Kerala, home to 35 million people, has the countryâs most robust health systems, but it is one of Indiaâs poorer states, with one of its oldest populations. About 17% of workers leave to find jobs in neighbouring states, and there were fears about what would happen when, inevitably, these migrants returned. The authorities knew they could not keep Keralaâs borders shut or, given that the state relies on impor