PANAJI:
In yet another case within a fortnight at the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim, organs of a dying, brain-dead youth were harvested and successfully transported to other destinations giving a fresh lease of life to three other persons.
The family of 22-year-old Sahil from Kerala who worked at the Mopa Airport and was declared "brain dead" after suffering severe head injury, agreed to donate his organs.
GMC Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar said his kidneys were transplanted to two wait-list patients at the GMC itself.
The harvested liver was transported via a green corridor to the airport and then by flight to the hospital in Aurangabad where it was allocated, he added.
In this fortnight, as many as eleven persons from across India have got fresh leases of life due to transplants of organs harvested from brain-dead patients in Goa through SOTTO and NOTTO. One of the cases was at the Manipal Hospital in Dona Paula and the other two cases were at GMC.
Meanwhile, the Goa State Palliative Care Policy was launched at the GMC on Tuesday by the Non-Communicable Disease Cell in collaboration with the Department of Medical Oncology.
The Policy involves early screening, timely treatment and a structured palliative care system for patients.
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said cancer patients will now receive support they need at every stage due to the policy.
