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New Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Health
- New Indian Express
Six-year-old brain dead boy's kidneys save two lives in Odisha
BHUBANESWAR: In a profoundly inspiring act of humanity, family of a six-year-old boy who was declared brain dead after a tragic accident, donated his organs turning their personal tragedy into a life-saving gift for others. The child Swashri Ayan Patra suffered a severe brain injury. His parents - Srikrushna Patra and Swagatika Sahu - donated his kidneys to give a new lease of life to two critically-ill children awaiting transplants. Srikrushna, headmaster of an Ashram school in Mayurbhanj district, said the accident took place on May 6 evening when his son was closing the main gate of their house in Baripada at around 6 pm. The sliding gate, weighing around two quintal, crashed on him. The child was immediately rushed to a hospital in Balasore from where he was brought to the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) in Bhubaneswar the next day. Dr Alok Kumar Panigrahy, senior consultant (critical care medicine), who led the team in retrieval of the organs for donation, said despite all efforts by the medical team there was no improvement in his condition. He was declared brain dead on Monday.
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Kidneys of 6-yr-old brain dead boy saves two lives
1 2 3 Bhubaneswar: A six-year-old brain dead boy from Baripada in Mayurbhanj district became a beacon of hope for two sick children awaiting kidney transplants. After doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) declared the boy brain dead, his parents donated his kidneys to two hospitals in the city on boy, Swasriayan Patra , suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after an iron gate weighing three quintals fell on him in Baripada. Initially treated at a hospital in Balasore, the child was brought to SUMUM on May 7."But despite all efforts by the medical team, there was no improvement in his condition. The doctors conducted the Apnea test twice, after which the child was declared brain dead," said an official statement issued by the hospital on Monday. "After being counselled by the medical team, my wife and I decided to donate our son's organs so that they could help save the lives of other sick children," said Krushna Patra, the boy's hospital authorities contacted the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), and it was decided to rush the boy's kidneys to AIIMS Bhubaneswar and a private hospital. This was the fourth time that this hospital was instrumental in ensuring organ donation. So far, 13 different organs were retrieved from brain dead patients to save the lives of sick people.
