The liver, kidneys, heart valves, and corneas of a 59-year-old woman, who had been declared brain dead due to brain stem failure at a hospital in Mysuru, were donated to recipients in hospitals of Mysuru and Bengaluru.
A statement from Apollo BGS Hospital in Mysuru said Jayamma was brought to the hospital in a critical condition on May 12. “The initially CT scan showed a brain stem infarct. She was shifted to ICU immediately for life support and intensive care,” the statement said.
Jayamma suffered from severe headaches before she was hospitalised. However, she was declared brain dead at 1.30 p.m. on May 16 by a panel of doctors at the hospital as per the protocol stipulated by the Transplant of Human Organs Act, 1994.
