Organs from 5 save lives of 23 others

Chennai: The Apollo Hospital in Chennai has harvested two dozen organs from five brain dead patents and saved the lives of 23 people. Five livers, one heart and four kidneys were transplanted at Apollo Hospital; one heart was used at Fortis Malar and six corneas were sent to Sankara Nethralaya. Four kidneys were transplanted into patients at a private hospital in Coimbatore and one kidney each was sent to Kamakshi Hospital and Global Hospitals. Under the organ donation programme, the hospital that has the brain-dead patients is allowed to use the organs for its patients and give away the rest to other hospitals.