5 organs of ED staff donated

Hyderabad: Five organs of an an Enforcement Directorate employee — Kulkarni Vijay Kumar, 57 — has been donated to the Jeevandan scheme after he was declared brain dead. An autorickshaw rammed into Mr Vijay Kumar near Apollo Hospital, Hyderguda on february 5 where he sustained severe head injury. After being given treatment for two days at Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills he was declared brain dead due to severe head injury. After the Jeevandan coordinator counselled his family, the family members of Mr Vijay Kumar have agreed to donate his organs to the scheme. Liver, kidneys and corneas have been donated after taking his wife’s Shobha Kulkarni consent.