Indus Valley Times

Prasannajit’s two lungs gave a new lease of life to a 16-year-old patient in Kolkata. His liver was sent to a private hospital in New Delhi by creating a green corridor

By  Sukant Mohanty

Bhubaneswar, June 27: A 43-year-old man of Odisha who could not survive a fatal road accident has succeeded in saving lives of at least four patients by means of organ donation. The organs of Prasannajit Mohanty, the road accident victim, were successfully retrieved by doctors of SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), a private hospital in Bhubaneswar and were transplanted in patients in four different hospitals across the country, including one in New Delhi and another in Kolkata.

As per reports, Prasannajit was badly hit on his head in an accident on June 22, 2023. His family members immediately admitted him to Sum Hospital in Bhubaneswar. After conducting various tests, doctors came to know on the next day that Prasannajit was brain dead. Subsequently, an apnea test was conducted twice and it was confirmed that the patient was brain dead.After getting a request from the doctors for organ donation, Prasannajit’s wife Mrudumanjari Mohapatra immediately discussed the matter with all the family members and eventually, they agreed to donate five organs of the patient after his death for transplantation to needy patients.

“I pray before God that those patients who have got a new lease of life with the transplantation of my husband’s organs live a long and healthy life. I will see my husband in them,” said Prasannajit’s wife Mrudumanjari.

Prasannajit’s younger brother Satyajit has revealed that his brother had the wish to donate his organs selflessly even before he was brain-dead.

“My brother always used to tell us about his wish to donate organs when he was alive. We are satisfied to fulfill his wish. Our brother died, but due to the donation of his organs, four patients got new lives,” said Satyajit.

After getting consent from the family members, the process for organ donation of Prasannajit started at the hospital with the help of the State Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation (SOTTO), Regional Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation (ROTTO) and National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation (NOTTO).

A team of 20 doctors carried out the surgery for four hours to retrieve two kidneys, two lungs, and liver from Prasannajit’s body for transplantation into other needy patients’ bodies.

Two kidneys were transplanted in the bodies of two patients at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack and Sum Ultimate Hospital respectively.

Prasannajit’s two lungs gave a new lease of life to a 16-year-old patient in Kolkata who was living in ECMO support for the last one and a half months.

Prasannajit’s liver was sent to a private hospital in New Delhi by creating a green corridor. It was successfully transplanted in a patient who was struggling for his life.

As per the doctors, it was the first instance in Odisha in which multiple organs were retrieved and transplanted successfully.

We are grateful to Mrudumanjari for giving us her consent to donate his husband’s organs. For the first time in the history of Odisha, five organs of a brain-dead man were retrieved and those were successfully transplanted with the patients in different hospitals across the country,” said Sum Ultimate hospital CEO Swetapadma Dash.