Toddler's organs give a new lease of life to 5 kids

Ahmedabad: Setting an example of humanity and goodness, a family of a toddler from Gujarat donated their kid's organs after his untimely death and gave a second chance at life to five other children.

He gave a new lease of life to five children, including two from Russia and Ukraine. His parents donated the organs after he was declared brain dead following a devastating accident.

The two-and-a-half-year-old boy's, identified as Yash Oza was declared brain dead by doctors a few days after he suffered brain haemorrhage due to a fall from the second floor of a house in his neighbourhood while playing, said an NGO , which facilitated the entire process.

Yash's heart, lung, kidneys, liver and eyes were donated after consent from his family.

His father, Sanjeev Oza who is a journalist, decided to donate his organs after officials of the NGO, Donate Life, approached them, the organisation said in a release.

Yash's heart was transplanted into a four-year-old child from Russia and lung into to a boy from Ukraine, the release said.

It added, his kidneys were transplanted into two girls, aged 14 and 17, in Ahmedabad and liver into a two-year-old boy from Bhavnagar.