07Jan/13

Mumbai sees 2 cadaver organ donations in 24 hours

Mumbai, Jan. 8 — There were two cadaver donations in the city within a span of 24 hours, giving six people a new lease of life.On Saturday, doctors at PD Hinduja Hospital’s intensive care unit identified a 58-year-old brain dead patient. The man’s wife, Rita Patel, who is a nurse at the hospital’s dialysis ward, immediately agreed to donate her husband’s organs and corneas.”She knew the plight …