Organs of a brain dead patient, Potnuru Rajeswara Rao, who was killed in a road accident, were airlifted to Padmavati hospital of Tirupati.
Mr. Rao’s family members, who belonged to Ravivalasa village of Tekkali mandal, Srikakulam district, agreed to donate the organs to others with the intervention of non-governmental organisations which facilitate the collection of organs from brain dead patients.