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.
Surat: Organs of 2-and-a-half-year-old dead child gives new lease of life to seven others
On December 9, Jash Oza fell from the second floor balcony of his neighbour s house in Surat city. On December 14, doctors declared him brain dead.
DNA Web Team
Dec 17, 2020, 08:05 PM IST
A two-and-a-half year-old boy from Gujarat became the youngest cadaver donor, giving a new lease of life to seven children, including two from Russia and Ukraine, after his parents donated his organs. Jash’s heart, liver, lungs, both kidneys and eyes were donated after his parents Sanjeev Oza and Arachana agreed for the noble cause.
The heart was transplanted to a four-year-old Russian boy and the lungs to another four-year-old boy from Ukraine at MGM hospital in Chennai on Tuesday..