AHMEDABAD: Civil Hospital in the city recorded the cadaver donation of a girl on Thursday, making it the 62nd donation of a brain-dead person. It created a record for the hospital with the number of kidneys donated reaching 100. State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO) officials said that it is the highest for a single hospital among government and private hospitals in Gujarat.
According to Civil Hospital officials, Nidhi Shrivastav, a resident of Jamnagar, was brought in with head injuries. After four days of intensive care, she was declared brain-dead. Her parents and relatives were counselled about organ donation after which they agreed to donate.
