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Brain-dead Kerala soldier's organs save seven lives, CM hails gesture
Kerala CM Satheesan said that the soldier had served the nation in Himachal Pradesh and donated his organs through the K-SOTTO.
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Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Saturday hailed the selflessness of a 30-year-old soldier from Kollam whose organ donation helped give a new lease of life to seven people.
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Sources said the young soldier suffered a brain death while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here.
In a post on 'X', Satheesan said the soldier, who had served the nation in Himachal Pradesh, donated his organs through the Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (K-SOTTO) after his death.
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He also commended the Kerala Police for swiftly facilitating a green corridor from Thiruvananthapuram to Thiruvalla to ensure timely transportation of the organs for transplantation.
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K-SOTTO is the state government's apex organisation for regulating, coordinating and supervising human organ and tissue donation and transplantation activities in Keralam.
