Brain-dead army officer’s wife’s heart saves 14-year-old boy at Delhi hospital

Doctors at the command hospital in Haryana. PIC/X/@westerncomd_IA

A 14-year-old boy suffering from end-stage heart failure got a new lease of life after the family of a woman, wife of a serving Indian Army officer, consented to donating her organs after she was declared brain dead at Command Hospital, Chandimandir, in Haryana's Panchkula, officials said.

The 41-year-old woman had suffered a brain haemorrhage. Her husband, along with their two young daughters, supported the decision to donate her organs, turning their personal loss into a life-saving opportunity for others.

After the patient was declared brain dead on May 2, her heart was allocated to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here. A specialised team from the hospital flew to Chandigarh to retrieve the organ, the hospital said.

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