Hospital harvests 23 organs from brain-dead donors

In a remarkable act of humanity, Apollo Hospitals, has harvested 23 organs from
five brain dead organ donors even as it carried out 10 transplants in one day at
its flagship Hospital in India.



The organs were harvested under the watch of the donors’grieving families,
setting a record for first ever maximum number of organs harvested in one day.
The rare gesture of kindness displayed by the five families who donated the
organs of their loved ones gave a fresh lease of life to 23 other people on the
same day.
Expressing gratitude, the Founder/Chairman of the Hospitals, Dr. Reddy and
Vice Chairperson, Ms. Preetha Reddy, on behalf of the clinical clinical team
said: “These well-meaning families have given patients with end-stage organ
failure, a second chance to live – and this act will inspire more people to donate
organs.
“It takes an extreme sense of human kindness and an elevated sense of social
responsibility from families to help hospitals and doctors to give a fresh lease of
life to those in need. Human life is priceless, and when an individual’s life can
give life and hope to so many others in need, it is truly priceless”
Explaining the life saving procedure, Reddy said a multidisciplinary team of 100
doctors utilised seven state-of –the-art operating theatres simultaneously to
harvest 23 organs and carry out 10 transplants at the same time.
Reddy said the doctors and support staff have worked round the clock to help
realise this remarkable feat by Apollo Group’s success in running the busiest
and most successful transplant centre in the world.
“If only the kindness exhibited by these five families, in donating the organs of
their beloved ones, were to be a torch-bearer for others to follow, it will mean
that a lot more patients who are in end-stage organ failure and who are in dire
need of organs would have a fresh lease of life.
“Apollo Hospitals is a major referral centre for minimally invasive surgeries and
receives a large number of patients from all over the world looking for
affordable, superior quality medical care along with less waiting time and
minimum hospital stay.
Over 200,000 foreign patients from over 120 countries have been successfully
treated for various illnesses at the hospital, recently awarded the ‘Golden
Peacock’ Award by the Institute of Directors, in partnership with the Department
of Industry Policy & Promotion, Government of India, a highest award for
Business Excellence in Healthcare, considered a benchmark in Corporate
Excellence awards