The kidneys, liver, heart valves and corneas of a 28-year-old youth from Gundlupet near here were donated to recipients listed for donations under Jeeva Sarthakathe.
According to a press statement here, Rakesh, from Gundlupet, was brought to Apollo Hospitals in Mysuru on July 24 with giddiness. An initial CT scan showed the brain stem infarct and he was immediately shifted to the ICU for life support and intensive care.
Sources in the hospital said Mr. Rakesh, who had suffered a stroke, was kept on life support for four days while he was in a very critical state. On July 29, he was declared brain dead owing to brain stem failure as per the hospital protocol stipulated by the Transplant of Human Organs Act, 1994, by a panel of doctors at Apollo BGS Hospitals in Mysuru.
