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Vital organs harvested for transplants


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Aug 22, 2016: It is reliably reported that  A J Hospital & Research Centre in the city successfully harvested organs from a 39-year-old woman from Mucchur, near Kinnigoli, on Aug 21, Sunday. The woman died due to brain cyst. 

Sandhya P Hegde was admitted on Aug 19, Friday after she suffered severe headaches and vomiting. The woman started having seizures and later, she was declared brain dead. The family members then decided to donate her organs.