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Jash Oza
SURAT: A two-and-a-half year-old boy became the youngest cadaver donor whose multiple organs were donated that saved seven lives that included two four-year-old children from Russia and Ukraine.
On December 9, Jash Oza fell from the second floor balcony of his neighbour’s house in Shanti Palace of Bhatar area in the city. Doctors found that he had suffered brain haemorrhage and swelling. On December 14, they declared him brain dead.
Jash’s heart, liver, lungs, both kidneys and eyes were donated after his parents Sanjeev Oza and Arachana agreed for the noble cause, said Nilesh Mandlewala, founder, Donate Life, a voluntary organization working to encourage organ donation.
The organs being taken to MGM Hospital in Chennai from Surat. (Express Photo)
A two-and-a-half-year-old child, declared brain dead following an accident, gave a new lease of life to seven children, including two from Russia and Ukraine, after his parents donated his organs. The child’s heart has been transplanted to a 4-year-old boy from Russia while his lungs were transplanted to another four-year-old child from Ukraine at MGM hospital in Chennai on Tuesday.
This is the second organ donation amid the Covid-19pandemic in Surat city.
On December 9, Jash Sanjiv Oza, a resident of Bhatar area in Surat, had accidentally slipped from the balcony of a neighbour’s flat on the second floor of the apartment. He was rushed to Amruta Hospital nearby where he underwent treatment for several days. On December 14, doctors declared him brain dead.