Daijiworld Media Network - Chitradurga (DC)

Chitradurga, Mar 28: A six-year-old girl from Chitradurga has given a new lease of life to five people, after she was declared brain-dead by doctors of a private hospital in Mangaluru.

Janahvi T, a resident of Chitradurga has become one of the youngest donors. The girl's heart was successfully transplanted to a 9-year-old boy from Vishakhapatnam. Her eyes, kidneys and liver were also donated to the needy.

Janahvi had complained of stomach pain a month ago and had frequent giddiness. She was taken to a private hospital in Chitradurga first. But the doctor failed to detect her ailment there and was taken to another private hospital in Mangaluru. After conducting MRI scan, they found a tumour in her brain. She was then referred to Fr Muller Hospital where she was operated on for nearly 14 hours. Though the tumour was removed, the doctors had informed her parents of the risk involved and the chances of her survival.
After the surgery she was in a state of coma and was declared brain dead.

The hospital staff, including coordinators from Jeevasarthakathe, a government agency which facilitates organ transplants, visited Janahvi's parents and requested them to donate her organs to which they agreed.