Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Brain-Dead Hyderabad Entrepreneur’s Organs Give Four Patients New Life
Deepthi Reddy Madugula was a 42-year-old entrepreneur from Hyderabad.
She developed a serious brain problem after having a headache.
Doctors later declared her brain dead.
Her family agreed to donate her organs.
Doctors retrieved her heart, liver and two kidneys.
These organs can be used in transplants.
Four patients may receive help from the donation.
Her family’s decision could give those patients a new chance at life.
The family of 42-year-old entrepreneur Deepthi Reddy Madugula donated her organs after she was declared brain dead.
Deepthi Reddy developed a headache on September 22 and suffered an intracranial bleed.
She was declared brain dead at a private Hyderabad hospital on September 26.
Her heart, liver and two kidneys were retrieved for transplantation.
The donated organs are expected to help four patients receive life-saving transplants.
- Who
- The family of entrepreneur Deepthi Reddy Madugula donated her organs; her husband, filmmaker Pradeep Advaitham, consented to the donation.
- What
- Her heart, liver and two kidneys were retrieved for transplantation after she was declared brain dead.
- When
- She developed a headache on September 22 and was declared brain dead on September 26.
- Where
- She was treated at a private hospital in Hyderabad; she lived in Manikonda.
- Why
- The organs were donated to help four patients needing life-saving transplants.
- Donor
- Deepthi Reddy Madugula
- Age
- 42
- Cause of medical emergency
- Intracranial bleed following a headache
- Brain-death declaration
- September 26
- Organs donated
- Heart, liver and two kidneys
- Recipients helped
- Four patients
- Organ-transplant authority
- Jeevandan, the state organ and tissue transplant organisation