Conduct ten transplants in a day at their flagship hospital on Greams Road, Chennai
Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s foremost healthcare service provider, harvested 23 different organs from these five donors and conducted ten transplants in a day at their flagship hospital on Greams Road. A case of extreme gesture of kindness displayed by five strong families who came forward to donate the organs of their loved ones, incidentally on the same evening, enabled this feat to give a fresh lease of life to 23 people.
Dr J Radhakrishnan, Health Secretary, Government of Tamilnadu came forward to participate at a small function organised at the hospital to express gratitude towards the five bereaving families. Also present at the event were Dr Prathap Reddy, Founder & Chairman of Apollo Hospitals; Preetha Reddy, Vice Chairperson, and the entire clinical team who helped achieve this feat.
Addressing the gathering Dr Reddy said, “Today, these well-meaning families have helped give people in end-stage organ failure, a second chance to live – and in the act will inspire more people to donate organs. Tamil Nadu has the most successful organ donation program running and the Government has done a lot to make people aware of organ donation – and this one act of five families testifies the efforts put in by the State and the medical fraternity. However, it takes an extreme sense of human kindness and an elevated sense of social responsibility from families to help hospitals and doctors to give a fresh lease of life to those in need. Human life is priceless, and when an individual’s life can give life and hope to so many others in need, it is truly priceless!”