Dr Vinayak Kale, Dean of BJ Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, told The Indian Express that the patient was critical after a spinal cord injury and was on ventilator support
The procedure became necessary when a 52-year-old man, diagnosed with end-stage liver disease, needed a living donor liver transplantation. His wife donated a portion of her liver to save her husband's life.
Mahendra Shevte, a resident of Khadki who worked as a helper at the state-run Sassoon hospital, was placed under arrest around the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Hours later, Mois Ahmed Shaikh, a prison guard from Yerawada Central Prison, was placed under arrest.