A 24-year-old brain dead man could transform the lives of at least five persons, including a patient in Tamil Nadu, by donating his organs. The family of the youth donated his heart, two kidneys, liver and corneas, which were taken by various hospitals for transplanting on needy patients.
Darshan was rushed from a private hospital in Mysuru to the Apollo BGS Hospitals in the city on the night of January 18 in a critical condition. A CT scan revealed that the patient showed brain stem infarction. He was shifted to the ICU for life support and intensive care. He was declared brain dead due to brain stem failure around 4 a.m. on January 21.