Overview

• Isaac George, 33, a restaurateur from Kottarakara, was declared brainstem dead on September 10 at KIMSHEALTH in Thiruvananthapuram following a road accident earlier in the week.
• His heart was flown by air ambulance to Lisie Hospital in Kochi on September 11 and transplanted into a 28-year-old patient from Angamaly.
• K-SOTTO coordinated the procurement, allocation and rapid transport of organs through the state’s deceased-donor programme.
• One kidney and the liver were allocated to patients at KIMSHEALTH, the second kidney went to Government Medical College Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, and both corneas to the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology.
• Hospital accounts credit the family’s decision with benefiting six recipients, highlighting how a single donor can support multiple life-saving procedures.