
19-year-old brain dead youth’s organs donated
The Hindu
A 19-year-old brain dead youth’s organs including the heart were harvested at a hospital in Mysuru and donated to eligible recipients.The youth, Sharath Kumar, who met with an accident, was shifted to
A 19-year-old brain dead youth’s organs including the heart were harvested at a hospital in Mysuru and donated to eligible recipients.
The youth, Sharath Kumar, who met with an accident, was shifted to Apollo BGS Hospital in a critical condition on December 24 and the initial CT scan showed “brain stem infarct” after which he was shifted to ICU for life support and intensive care.
Sharath was kept on life support for two days while he was in a very critical state. However, on December 26, he was declared brain dead due to brain stem failure, as per the hospital protocol stipulated by the Transplant of Human Organs Act 1994 by a panel of doctors at the hospital, said a statement.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












