Letters from the hospital

journal of a surgical resident in one of the biggest corporate hospitals in Bangalore. *names of people mentioned in this blog are changed to protect their identities*

Monday, May 16, 2005

Vittal's last wish.

Mr. Vittal had always been a noble being. right from the time he got himself a new pair of eyes, thanks to the corneal graft he received from a departing soul, he had vowed to donate his organs for a similar cause.
this april, he fell down the stairs while climbing down from a temple. he had a brief period of conciousness during which he reiterated he desire to donate his organs. he slipped into coma thereafter. the local hospital he was taken to declared him brain dead. but they were not equipped to handle organ donors.
Mr.Vittal's body was shifted to our department. the nephrology guys quickly worked up the case while we got busy and called in the three potential recepients of Vittal's kidneys for cross matching and HLA typing. thankfully Vittal's desire was seeming to be fulfilled.
Mrs. Keerthi had been diagnosed to have end stage renal disease secondary to her diabetes. she had been regularly undergoing dialysis, an expensive but inevitable procedure to keep the renal diseased going on. her antigens matched with Vittals and the transplant began late in the afternoon and got over at ten in the night.
well, it looks like its working! although she is still with us for fever, her new kidneys are slowly picking up.
Mr.Vittal would surely be happy.

6 Comments:

At 11:31 AM, Blogger Srikanth said...

may his soul rest in peace.
definitely a noble man with noble thoughts.

 
At 1:31 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

that's a real noble thing to do...
i am sure i would want to donate all my organs (whatever usable) when i am no more...

 
At 3:34 AM, Blogger Rashmi Patel said...

Nice to see a doc's diary in a jungle of software techies.

What a different world! Closer to life, and death!

 
At 10:31 PM, Blogger vevck said...

Hey dude!

Wassup? It's been a long time since i dropped by. I guess u have been busy with your work.

 
At 1:16 PM, Blogger wookie said...

Hi,
I am here after a long time, just thought you might be interested in this.
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At 9:47 AM, Blogger wookie said...

The old age home needs a doc for monthly visits not weekly.Thanks.

 

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