Nellai teen’s liver moved to Kovai in 4 hours
The liver of a brain dead teenage boy was transplanted to a needy patient here on Thursday after the police created a green corridor for a distance of 350 km from Tirunelveli enabling the organ to be transported within four hours.
By : migrator
Update: 2018-09-06 22:46 GMT
Coimbatore
Police personnel of Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dingigul, Tirupur and Coimbatore districts coordinated and facilitated the green corridor, said a release from the Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital, where the transplantation surgery was performed.
Gopalakrishnan, a 16-year-old, was declared brain dead by doctors at a hospital in Tirunelveli after he suffered head injuries in an accident. His family decided to donate his organs.
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