Archana Gupta, the woman who succumbed to the gunshot, donated her kidneys, one of which was transplanted in a patient at Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital Vasant Kunj, (FHVK) on Thursday. The other one was sent to Apollo Hospital on Thursday Morning. The woman was admitted to FHVK in critical condition.
“After she was declared brain dead, consent for donation was taken from the immediate family members. One of the kidneys was sent to Apollo Hospital and the other one was transplanted in a patient at the Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj only,” the Hospital authorities said.
The Hospital also issued a statement on Thursday in which it said, “Till Wednesday, 2nd January, the patient continued to be in a critical state and on life support. Despite best efforts by team of doctors the patient could not be revived and was declared brain dead on January 2nd 2019. Thereafter, the proposal to donate her organs for a larger cause was discussed with the family. Post consultation, the family agreed to donate her kidneys.”
According to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), once a patient is declared brain dead, the hospital can approach the family for the noble cause of organ donation, the statement said further.
Following the norms and guidelines of NOTTO and after taking nod from the organisation, one of the kidneys was sent to Apollo Hospital while the other one was kept with FHVK only, the statement said.
The kidney which was kept by FHVK was transplanted into another patient soon after the retrieval, the hospital authorities told The Pioneer. Mangla Dembi, Facility Director, FHVK in the statement said, “We thank the donor’s family for recognising the importance of organ donation and are deeply appreciative of them to have agreed for this magnanimous and noble act in their hour of grief and irreparable loss.
It was also the clockwork precision of all internal and external medical teams which made this cadaveric donation a reality.”
The hospital further said that because it was a medico-legal case, a No Objection Certificate (NOC) was also taken from the Delhi Police.
“Her family, displaying enormous strength and grit in their hour of grief decided to donate her kidneys. An NOC was obtained from the Delhi Police since this is a medico-legal case,” said the statement.
The woman was admitted to the hospital in critical condition on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and was declared brain dead on Thursday by the Hospital.