Organs of 21-year-old Iranian boy save lives of seven
IRNA – Mehdi Emami’s organs were donated through a transplant after his brain death was confirmed at a hospital in northeastern Iran.
The donation saved lives of seven individuals, said Morteza Rasti Sani, the director of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in Sabzevar in Razavi Khorasan Province, on Sunday.
After a car incident, Mehdi was rushed to the hospital but he could not regain consciousness and faced loss of brain function, Rasti Sani said.
One of his kidneys and his pancreas were transplanted into the body of a 31-year-old man. His other kidney was transplanted into a 40-year-old woman. Mehdi’s liver was donated to a 20-year-old patient, his corneas were transported to a national eye bank of Iran and parts of his skin were given to a hospital to treat burn victims, Rasti Sani
added.