Whether in life or in death, a doctor continued to serve people.

The family members of the 64-year-old specialist in gynecology and obstetrics, who was declared brain dead at Apollo Kolkata, rose above their grief to take the decision of donating his organs.

The rare AB blood group of the donor posed a challenge to Apollo as prospective recipients were hard to come by. Finally, his liver went to Artimis Hospital in Gurgaon, the two kidneys went to Command Hospital and RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, the heart went to NH, Howrah, the skin went to SSKM Hospital, and the corneas to Disha.

The donor, a resident of New Town, was posted in Purba Medinipur District Hospital, where he incurred a head injury in an accident on Thursday on his way back after around at the hospital. He was admitted at Apollo the next day after initial treatment at the Medinipur hospital. He was declared brain dead on Monday. The donor was an alumnus of Medical College, Kolkata and (MBBS) and SSKM (MD, G&O).

Incidentally, the first cadaver organ donation in eastern India since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, had also happened at Apollo Kolkata on August 17, 2020.