Bhubaneswar: It takes courage for parents to donate their child’s organs after death, especially if the child is a minor.
The parents of Divyashree, a six-year-old girl from Odisha, showed exemplary courage by saving three lives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by donating her organs after death.
yle=”font-weight: 400;”>The only daughter of Arun Kumar and Kirti, a couple from Jeypore area in Koraput district residing in the UAE, Divyashree was suffering from pulmonary hypertension (PH), a type of blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and heart.
She died a few days ago while undergoing treatment at a hospital. Her parents decided to donate her organs after that.
Her kidneys were recently transplanted in a 7-year-old baby boy from India in the UAE and a 15-year-old minor boy in Abu Dhabi. Her liver was transplanted in a person in Saudi Arabia.
“Now we can see our daughter in three persons,” said Divyashree’s father.