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Girl's Organs Give Life After Brain Death
8 Jun
Summary
- Thirteen-year-old Sumana Kundu was declared brain dead in Raipur.
- Her kidneys were donated, saving two patients needing transplants.
- This marked the first paediatric deceased organ donation at AIIMS Raipur.
Even in passing, 13-year-old Sumana Kundu's legacy will live on. After being declared brain dead at AIIMS Raipur due to severe neurological complications, her family made the compassionate decision to donate her kidneys. This selfless act facilitated two life-saving kidney transplants for patients with end-stage renal disease.
One kidney was given to a 15-year-old boy from Raipur, who had been on dialysis for three years. The other was transplanted into a 45-year-old patient from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, who had been undergoing dialysis for five years. These surgeries, performed by specialized teams, were successful, and both recipients are now recovering.
Sumana battled pyknodysostosis, an extremely rare genetic disorder affecting bone density and fragility, since childhood. Despite facing severe intracranial hypertension and vision loss, her final act offered a profound gift of life. This event also marks AIIMS Raipur's first paediatric deceased organ donation and its eighth deceased-donor organ donation overall.
