Rajkot: A 16-year-old girl from Morbi, who had secured a commendable percentage in the board exam, passed away after battling for her life for a month days after her result was announced in a hospital of Rajkot on Wednesday. In a selfless act, her family donated her body to a
medical college
and also donated her eyes.
Heer Ghetiya
had suffered a brain hemorrhage a month ago and underwent surgery.
Although she was recovering post-operation and was discharged from the hospital, her family hoped she would fully recover by the time her 10th board exam results were announced. Unfortunately, a week before her passing, she developed breathing problems and heart-related issues, leading to her readmission to the hospital.
Her condition worsened, and she was shifted to the
ICU
. An MRI report indicated that 80 to 90 percent of her brain was not functioning.
The family was unable to celebrate her impressive 99.07 percentile in the recently declared 10th board results.
Bhavna Mandli
, a social worker with the
organ donation
foundation who convinces relatives of brain-dead individuals about the importance of organ donation, stated, "As we came to know about this girl declared brain dead we went to meet her parents. It was a difficult time as she wanted to become doctor and her parents also supported her dream, but they could not complete the dream.
They decided to donate girl's body for medical purpose as the girl wanted to become doctor and her eyes were also donated. We hope that the receiver of the eye may complete her dream of becoming doctor." The girl's father works in a
ceramic industry
, and she was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Rajkot.
In a separate incident, the family members of a 52-year-old man donated his organs after he was declared brain dead. Girish Pandya, a resident of Jetalsar village, sustained a head injury in an accident near Big Bazar in Rajkot on May 12. He was declared brain dead on Tuesday, and his family decided to donate his organs. Dr. Divyesh Viroja, who works with the organ donation foundation, harvested Pandya's kidneys and donated them to B T Savani kidney hospital.
He also coordinated with SOTTO (State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization) for the donation of other organs.
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