Archive · 24 Sep 2025
Family's Organ Donation Saves Lives After Accident
A 43-year-old man named Bablu Dhal had an accident and was declared brain dead.
His family decided to donate his liver and kidneys so other people could live.
Doctors at IMS and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar performed the organ harvesting.
One kidney went to a hospital in Cuttack, the other to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
The liver went to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
This was the fifth time organs were harvested from a brain-dead patient at this hospital.
The family's act helped save multiple lives.
Bablu Dhal was involved in an accident on September 18.
He was declared brain dead on September 22.
Dhal's family decided to donate his organs.
The liver and kidneys were harvested at IMS and SUM Hospital.
Organs were sent to hospitals in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar for transplantation.
- Who
- Bablu Dhal's family and hospital staff
- What
- Donation of Bablu Dhal's liver and kidneys for transplantation
- When
- September 18-22 (approximate)
- Where
- IMS and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar
- Why
- To save the lives of other patients.
- Deceased
- Bablu Dhal
- Age
- 43
- Organs Donated
- Liver and Kidneys
- Hospital
- IMS and SUM Hospital
- Date of Brain Death Declaration
- September 22