Accident victim’s organs harvested
The Hindu
The organs of a man who died in a road accident on March 16 were harvested at GEM Hospital here and assigned by the registry to patients in three hospitals. A release said that the family of R. Mani (
The organs of a man who died in a road accident on March 16 were harvested at GEM Hospital here and assigned by the registry to patients in three hospitals. A release said that the family of R. Mani (58) from Namakkal consented for organ donation, following which the deceased’s liver and one kidney were assigned to two patients at GEM Hospital, the spine, skin and the other kidney to two other private hospitals in Coimbatore, as per the guidelines of Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu, a release said.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.