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Organ Donor Durgavati Rout Receives Full State Honours in Odisha
Durgavati Rout was a 44-year-old woman from Digambarpur village.
She had promised to donate her organs.
She became brain-stem dead while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Doctors harvested and preserved her kidney and liver.
These organs may help people with serious organ failure.
Her last rites were held in her native village.
Officials and local representatives came to honour her.
She received full State honours for her generous act.
Durgavati Rout, 44, received full State honours at her last rites.
She was from Digambarpur village in Dhenkanal district.
Rout had pledged to donate her organs.
After she was declared brain-stem dead during treatment in Bhubaneswar, medical teams harvested and preserved her kidney and liver.
District officials and public representatives attended her last rites and paid tribute to her donation.
- Who
- Durgavati Rout, a 44-year-old organ donor from Digambarpur village.
- What
- She received full State honours after her kidney and liver were harvested and preserved for transplantation.
- Where
- Her last rites were held in Digambarpur village, Dhenkanal district; she had been treated at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
- When
- Why
- Officials honoured her for pledging her organs, which could help patients with end-stage organ failure.
Key facts
- Age
- 44
- Village
- Digambarpur, under Gondia block
- Organ donation
- She had previously pledged to donate her organs.
- Organs harvested
- Kidney and liver
- Circumstance
- Brain-stem death during treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar
- Honour
- Full State honours at her last rites
Sources
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