{
  "id": 10040697,
  "title": "Kottarakara native’s organs donated after brain death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/kottarakara-natives-organs-donated-after-brain-death",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-26T18:33:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kottarakkara-natives-organs-donated-after-brain-death/article71512026.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [
    "67-year-old Kottarakkara native G. Radhakrishnan Potti dies from cerebral hemorrhage.",
    "His family agrees to donate three major organs: both kidneys and liver.",
    "Organs are transplanted to patients in KIMSHEALTH, Kottayam, and Thiruvananthapuram."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}