In a noble act, family members of a deceased person donated eyes of their dead kin to the MKCG Medical College Hospital for transplantation in needy patients in future.
Tangudu Iswar Prasad (62), a resident of Chandrashekhar Mandir Sahi, died at the MKCG Hospital early on Saturday morning. Getting consent of Prasad’s family members through the Brahmapur Friends’ Helping Club, a team of ophthalmologists from the MKCG Medical College comprising Prof Suchitra Mishra, Dr Samir Dash and Dr G Naina went to the deceased’s house and took out his two eyeballs at around 8 am.
Prasad’s wife P Sandhya Bhali, son P Hari Nath and daughter Kushuna Kumari said that they fulfilled his wish of donating eyes for others. Club members Jamula Suresh, J Mohan Rao, K Ram Gopal, E Badrinarayan, P Lingaraj, K Arabinda Subudhi and Babul Jagdish coordinated.