Kottarakara native’s organs donated after brain death
While the liver and one of the kidneys were allocated to end-stage patients undergoing treatment at KIMSHEALTH hospital, the other kidney was allocated to an end-stage renal patient at Government Medical College Kottayam
On Saturday, a deceased-donor organ donation took place in Kerala following the brain death of 67-year-old Kottarakkara native G. Radhakrishnan Potti. The retired Revenue department employee had been admitted to KIMSHEALTH hospital since September 21 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. Upon brainstem death declaration on Friday, his family agreed to organ donation.
The K-SOTTO coordinated organ allocation. Potti's three major organs—both kidneys and his liver—were harvested for transplant. The liver and one kidney were given to end-stage patients at KIMSHEALTH, while the second kidney went to a renal patient at Government Medical College in Kottayam. The skin was stored in a skin bank at Govt Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram, and the cornea was harvested for the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology in Thiruvananthapuram.
A dedicated green corridor was organized by police for the kidney-transporting ambulance from Thiruvananthapuram to Kottayam.
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