Family donates eyes of two building collapse victims in Vadodara

VADODARA: Two victims of the building collapse in Vadodara couldn't see the dawn on Wednesday. But they gave hope of vision to others in their death. Eyes of two of the deceased identified as Mahadevan Nair, 42 and his 14-year-old son Vignesh Nair were donated by their family members. The duo got buried under debris of block number 11 in Madhavnagar locality in Atladara. The apartment collapsed at about 4.30 am killing eight persons and injuring three.

Mahadevan and Vignesh's bodies were recovered at 9 am, about four-and-half hours after the incident. They were rushed to Swaminarayan BAPS Hospital but were declared dead. Despite being in state of shock, Mahadevan's elder brother Mohan Nair thought of donating organs of the deceased duo. "I have been organizing blood donation camps regularly apart from spreading awareness about organ donation. When I learnt about my brother and nephew's death, I decided to donate their organs. It was painful moment for us but we had to take quick decision," Mohan told TOI.

"My brother and nephew won't come back but they can give hope of vision to some persons. The doctors decided that their eyes were fit for donation, so we gave go ahead. I hope that it changes lives of needy people," an emotional Mohan said.

Mahadevan's employer also supported Mohan's decision. "I had a word with Mahadevan's elder brother Mohan about donating Mahadevan and Vignesh's organs. It was a noble gesture from the family," said Paramveer Chhabra, managing director of Healthcare Formulations Private Ltd (HFPL) where Mahadevan had worked as administration manager for 18 years.

BJP councillor, Dr Vijay Shah said that the deceased duo was shifted from Swaminarayan BAPS Hospital for SSG Hospital for further procedures. The doctors would recover eyes of the victims and then conduct post-mortem.

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