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Accident victim gives new lease of life to eight people

Coimbatore: Eight organs were harvested from a 51-year-old man, who suffered severe head injuries and went into a coma after he met with a road accident on Sunday.A source with the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) said R Chenthamarai, a resident of Singanallur, had met with the accident near Sivasakthi Nagar Road at Singanallur at 8.30am on Sunday.
“He was rushed to a private hospital, where doctors provided him first aid and referred to the KMCH on Avinashi Road.”Chenthamarai, the source said, had suffered severe head injuries and did not respond to treatment.
“Doctors declared him brain dead on Tuesday.
The family subsequently agreed to donate his organs.”Hospital authorities contacted the transplant authority of Tamil Nadu, who allotted the organs to the patients waiting for the same.
Transplant surgeons harvested his heart, liver, kidneys, eyes, skin and bone.“The liver and one of the kidneys were transplanted to patients at the KMCH, while another kidney was sent to a private hospital in Vellore.
The heart was flown to a patient in Chennai-based MGM Healthcare, while the eyes, skin and bone were sent to the Aravind Eye Hospital and Ganga Hospital in the city,” the source said.

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