Phillaur cop breathes his last, gives new life to Indore doc

Ludhiana: In death, a police officer from Phillaur gave a new lease of life to a doctor from Indore. After his death, his liver was donated to a doctor as part of a cadaver liver transplant at a private medical college and hospital in Ludhiana. The late DSP, 56-year-old Sulakhan Singh of Rurka Kalan, was declared brain dead in the hospital on April 8. On the same day, doctors transplanted his liver in Dr Padam Chand Jain of Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Dr Gursagar Singh Sahota, chief liver transplant surgeon at the private college and hospital, said that the police officer had a brain haemorrhage and was declared brain dead. He added that the ICU team assessed whether he could donate organs and spoke to his family members, who agreed. He added that they took the liver and cornea from the deceased and informed the recipient, who had been registered for a liver transplant but did not have a suitable donor in the family.
The doctor said that the family of the recipient, who had liver cirrhosis, had been looking for a donor for three years, for which they had visited many states. He added that when they came to know about the donor, they travelled to Ludhiana from MP.
"After routine tests, the recipient was taken to the operation theatre, where the transplant was performed," the chief liver transplant surgeon said. He added that the operation for the cadaver transplant started at 6.30am and was completed by 7pm.
The specialist said that the patient was doing fine, eating and had a functional liver. The donor's family members said that they were proud of his magnanimity
Sulaja Sandhu, daughter of the late police officer, who lives in Australia, said that her father's love language was giving, and while departing, he did what he loved and gave someone else the life they deserved. She added that her father was declared brain dead early on April 8. The officer, who was promoted as DSP on Feb 7, was admitted in hospital on April 4. He was posted in Amritsar.
A relative of the recipient said that the deceased had given a second chance to the whole family. Akshay Jain, 31, son of Dr Padam Chand Jain and a research fellow at a university in MP, expressed gratitude to the donor and his family. He added that four years ago, his father had digestion and stomach-related issues, after which they came to know that he had a problem with the liver and needed a transplant. As the size of his liver did not match that of his father, they spent three years looking for a cadaver in Indore, Mumbai, and Delhi.
"We were very worried for the last three to four years as every week father would have problems including fever, urine issues, and digestion-related problems. We are thankful to the hospital staff, including the doctors, especially Dr Gursagar Singh," said Akshay.
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