Hithendiren a 16 year old young boy , was studying 11th std .He was living in Thirukalukunram near Mahabalipuram with his parents Mr. Mahendiran & Mrs.Pushpaanjali . Both of them were doctors and practicing in their own hospital in their locality . He has a younger sibling, Lakshmanan . Last Saturday ,he went to see his friend in his father`s bike, which turned out to be his last journey . On his way back from his friend's home , he met with an accident . As he fell down from his bike , he became unconscious because of the shock from the accident . As his parents were well known in the locality , the people identified him and admitted him in Chengalpet govt hospital for first aid
He was given treatment for three days there but the doctors were unable to rescue him and they reported to his parents as "Brain Dealth".Brain Death - Typically dead , Heart and organs will be functioning but brain will stop its function.
since his parents were doctors , they understood the situation. They decided to donate the organs of their son which were functioning properly , a courageous decision by the couple . Hats Off !!!
Hithendra`s Eyes , Heart , Kidney, Lungs, and Liver were chosen and were removed from his body.
At that time, The doctors came to know about Abhirami who was in urgent need of a heart for surgery. So ,Hithendra`s heart was chosen for the Heart transplantation.But the situation is that the heart chosen as replacement should be replaced with in half an hour. but the real problem is , how???
Eyes can be preserved upto 14 days since then it is removed but Heart can be preserved atmost half an hour .
If you were a chennaiite , you might have understood the situation . Appollo hospital and Cherian`s Heart foundation are 14 kms apart and its highly impossible to reach Cherian`s Heart foundation from Appollo with in half an hour time limit amidst the heavy traffic in Chennai. So, The doctors decided to make use of local Police for
this Mission.
By his tremendous driving , He reached the spot with in Ten minutes , earlier than the stipulated time. Hats Off to the Police Department !!!
The operation took place as soon as the heart reached there and went on for 6 hours and finally , OPERATION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. This is the second Heart Transplantation in India. Both were done by Mr.cherian.
A sad demise day ended with a victory for humanity.
Yes ,HITHENDIREN IS STILL ALIVE .