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[size=4]NEW DELHI: A family which lost a 21-year-old son to an accident has bravely put its grief behind and come forward to give the gift of life to others. At its own initiative, the family asked doctors to harvest the son's organs - a decision that will help at least 34 people.[/size]

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[b] 21-year-old brain dead youth’s organs donated by family[/b]
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A family which lost a 21-year-old son to an accident asked the doctors at AIIMS to harvest the son’s organs which allowed them to perform the first-ever voluntary proactive multiple organ donation on December 10 night. Doctors harvested 32 organs, bones and tissues from Amol Juneja, who had received severe head injuries in a road accident on December 7 and was declared brain dead. Amol’s mother wanted to see her 22-year-old son alive in ‘as many people’ as possible. The family’s brave decision will give the gift of life to at least 34 people.[/size] [size=3]
‘They (the doctors) did the best to save him, but within a few hours Amol was declared brain dead. It took us a while to understand that his heart was beating, but his brain had stopped working,’ said his aunt.[/size] [size=3]
Amol’s father Madan Mohan Juneja, a businessman, first suggested that his organs be donated. Amol’s mother, Uma, needed some convincing. ‘It took some convincing since Amol was the youngest of three siblings. In the end, she told us to ensure that doctors took as many organs from him as possible so she could see her son live in as many people,’ she said.[/size] [size=3]
The family approached at least three top private hospitals requesting them to retrieve the organs. AIIMS trauma centre agreed to harvest the maximum number of organs.[/size] [size=3]
‘The patient was brought to our hospital at 3.30pm on Monday. He was declared brain dead at 4pm first and then again after six hours as per the transplant act. The retrieval of organs started around 10.30pm the same day. Matching recipients were identified and the transplants carried out simultaneously at AIIMS and ILBS. Despite our best efforts, we could not find a recipient for his heart,’ said a senior doctor at trauma centre. A 58-year-old man suffering from end-stage liver failure and at least two other critically ill patients received organ transplants on Tuesday.[/size] [size=3]
Acknowledging that this is perhaps the first case where a family has approached the hospital without any counselling from hospital staff or transplant coordinators to donate all organs, Dr Misra , chief of the trauma centre said, ‘We have so many patients dying in hospitals due to accident injuries. Despite counselling, most families do not agree to donate organs, citing religious beliefs. But in this case, they came on their own and requested us to take as many organs as possible so that that their child could give life to others even in death.’[/size] [size=3]
Anmol’s family had set an example for others who refuse to accept brain death for various reasons, said Dr Sudhir Gupta, senior forensic expert at AIIMS. ‘Brain death means irreversible loss of brain functions which has to be certified by a team of experts as per the law. Once a patient is declared brain dead, more than 37 different organs and tissues can be harvested including heart, kidney, lung, liver and pancreas among others,’ he said. ‘On the other hand, once the heart stops, so does blood circulation. After this only tissues like cornea, skin and bone can be used,’ Dr Gupta added.[/size]

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