Heartening news it is and that is pun intended. Five months after Mumbai witnessed its first successful heart transplant, there was a fifth heart transplant in the city. A 52-year-old received a donor organ from Surat.

The donor was a 43 year-old man who died in an accident a few days earlier, after a car hit his two-wheeler. He was declared brain dead at the hospital. It is good to know that families are becoming more aware about organ donation and we are seeing at least some movement and willingness on the part of people, to give and let live. With increasing awareness, people are approaching NGOs working in the field of cadaver donation, who are helping families on the correct path, when it comes to cadaver donation.