#GoodNews: Mumbai Couple’s Organ Donation Pact Saves Four Lives

Dakasha’s 25-year-old son Neerav said that, “There is nothing quite like giving someone a second chance at life.

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Amit and Daksha Siddhapura, a couple from Mumbai's Kandivali who had pledged to donate their organs, helped save the lives of four patients in the city.

Daksha, 51, was declared brain dead after she was admitted to Shree Sai Hospital in Kandivali following complaints of a headache, Times of India reported.

Determined to donate her organs, Daksha's family shifted her to the Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Andheri, as the Kandivali hospital was not a licensed centre for organ donation.

Recalling the incident, Dakasha’s 25-year-old son Neerav said: “There is nothing quite like giving someone a second chance at life. The feeling is more of contentment than anything.”

Neerav said he attended several seminars on organ donation after his parents had resolved to donate their bodies after their deaths.

One donor can save the life of up to eight people, restore the sight of two others and improve the quality of life of many more.

Nephrologist Dr Sharad Seth said, as per the Times of India report, “The most selfless and humanitarian acts in this life is to donate organs to save someone else's lives.”

COO of Kokilaben hospital Dr Santosh Shetty said that organ donations are much needed in the country as the rate continues to be less than one percent.

"There is a great disparity between the number of donors and the people suffering and in need of organs," he said, adding that a lot of people can be significantly benefited with organ donation.

(With inputs from Times of India.)