Braindead man’s kidneys, liver and heart save 4 lives

Organs of road accident victim given to recipients for free

Abraindead man’s donated organs have given a new lease of life to four people in Abu Dhabi.

Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi facilitated to donate four organs – heart, liver and kidneys – of the deceased man to four ailing people, said a press release issued yesterday by the hospital, affiliated to the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA).

It was the third heart donation in UAE and the first at Mafraq Hospital.

Dr Hussain Abdul Aziz Al Awadi, ICU Consultant at the hospital and a member of the National Committee for Organ Transplantation, said the real achievement was fulfilling the family’s wish to donate the organs and save lives of four other people in need of organ transplantation. “A 38-year old Emirati man benefited from the heart, while a 58-year-old woman underwent liver transplantation. Another 31-yearold Yemeni man received a kidney and a 9-year-old Sudanese girl received the other kidney,” he said.

The donor was a victim of a road accident, and despite the intensive care the patient received from the medical team, his condition deteriorated until he reached the state of brain death. His internal organs were not damaged and continued to work with the help of mechanical ventilators, resuscitation devices, prosthetic hormones, and pressure steroids.

Meanwhile, the patient’s family was approached to discuss organ donation as per the UAE Law. The family welcomed the idea and willingly accepted it without getting any compensation.