Archive · 17 Aug 2026
Mumbai Brain-Dead Teen's Family Donates Organs, Saving Multiple Patients
An 18-year-old student named Meher became very sick and his brain stopped working.
Doctors said he was brain dead.
His family was very sad, but they decided to help other people.
They donated his liver, small intestine, corneas, and skin.
These organs and tissues can help sick patients get better.
Meher was studying to become a mechatronics engineer.
He had kidney disease but kept studying anyway.
He had just gotten into a college in Pune.
His father said his organs could give others a chance to live.
This was the 41st organ donation in Mumbai in 2026.
Meher, an 18-year-old Mechatronics Engineering student, was declared brain dead at Fortis Hospital, Mulund, following a brain haemorrhage.
His family donated his liver, small intestine, corneas, and skin for transplantation.
Meher had been undergoing treatment for kidney disease and had recently secured admission to a Mechatronics Engineering course in Lohegaon, Pune.
His father, Kolleppara Chandrashekhar, gave consent for the organ donation.
The donation is Mumbai's 41st deceased organ donation of 2026.
- Who
- Meher, an 18-year-old Mechatronics Engineering student, and his father Kolleppara Chandrashekhar
- What
- Meher's family donated his liver, small intestine, corneas, and skin after he was declared brain dead
- When
- Meher was declared brain dead on August 16; the donation is Mumbai's 41st deceased organ donation of 2026
- Where
- Fortis Hospital, Mulund, Mumbai
- Why
- To give other patients a chance at life after Meher could not be saved
- Donor
- Meher, 18-year-old Mechatronics Engineering student
- Cause of brain death
- Brain haemorrhage
- Hospital
- Fortis Hospital, Mulund, Mumbai
- Organs and tissues donated
- Liver, small intestine, corneas, skin
- Consent given by
- Father Kolleppara Chandrashekhar
- Date declared brain dead
- August 16
- Milestone
- Mumbai's 41st deceased organ donation of 2026
- Education
- Admission to Mechatronics Engineering in Lohegaon, Pune; scored around 75% in JEE