Overview
- The 37-year-old runner was struck by an autorickshaw while training on July 19 and was admitted to Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital with severe head injuries.
- Doctors completed mandatory medical and legal tests and declared him brain dead on July 28, after which his family consented to donate his heart, liver and both kidneys.
- Surgeons recovered the organs and transplanted them to four patients, with the heart flown to a Mumbai private hospital and the liver and kidneys sent to hospitals in Pune under state allocation rules.
- Pune Police set up a time‑critical 'green corridor' to speed the heart's transport and a multidisciplinary team of named transplant specialists carried out the surgeries.
- Green corridors are police‑facilitated rapid routes used in India to meet tight transport windows for hearts, and officials said the case highlights how donor consent and quick logistics can save multiple lives and may prompt renewed public appeals for donation.