Bhubaneswar: The authorities of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar today saluted an auto-driver of Keonjhar, Dukhabandhu Mahanta, and his wife Banita for showing an exemplary gesture by donating the organ of their 14-year-old brain-dead daughter.
The AIIMS surgeons also celebrated the moment as they performed the first Deceased Donor Organ Retrieval at the renowned central health institute.
The surgeons at the premier hospital retrieved the liver of the brain-dead girl on Friday and sent it to the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) New Delhi for transplant on an unknown patient.
First Deceased Donor Organ Retrieval @AIIMSBhubaneswr.
14 years old girl child declared brain stem dead, donates Liver to save the unknown.
Liver transported through green corridor to ILBS, New Delhi
@mansukhmandviya @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/dmtIY9milR— AIIMS Bhubaneswar (@AIIMSBhubaneswr) February 23, 2024
The 14-year-old girl identified as Damayanti Mahanta, a Class IX student was under dialysis for the last few months following kidney failure. She recently suffered from a brain stroke and was shifted to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar from Capital Hospital.
During treatment, she showed no sign of improvement. Subsequently, the girl was declared brain dead by a team of doctors treating her.
After counseling, her parents agreed to donate the organ of their daughter to save the life of an unknown person. Following their consent, AIIMS experts successfully retrieved her liver and sent it to ILBS in New Delhi.
A special green corridor was arranged by the Commissionerate Police for the transportation of the organ to the city Airport from where it was airlifted to New Delhi.
The liver will be transplanted on a patent at ILBS.
Recently on February 15, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced that the last rites of organ donors will be performed with full state honour.
