Wife of ATS chief Hemant Karkare passes away, children agree to donate her organs

Kavita Karkare, wife of 26/11 martyr, anti-terrorist Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, passed away at Hinduja Hospital in Mahim on Monday. Reportedly, she suffered severe brain haemorrhage after slipping at home. She was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state. Later she entered coma and was not responding to treatment, following which she was kept on ventilator. Monday, the doctors declared her brain dead.   

According to doctors, her brain was badly damaged and was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state. They performed a brain scan which revealed that she had suffered severe brain haemorrhage. The doctors tried to revive her heart but due to lack of supply to the brain, stabilising her condition was difficult. 

After she was declared brain dead, Kavita’s children consented that her organs be donated. The patients, suffering from end-stage renal failure, who received her kidney got a new lease of life. Here liver has been donated to an end stage liver patient. Her children also decided to donate her mother’s eyes and skin.

If you do pledge your organs there are a few things you should keep in mind:

• In order to be an organ donor, you have to register with any NGO that will help you get an organ donation card. This card will declare you as a person who would like to donate after death.(hyperlink to nemo’s article)


• Make sure you inform your family about your wishes to donate. This is important because after your death, your close family has the right to deny the doctor permission to harvest your organs.


• Transplant and organ donation rules state that after the organs have been harvested, the coroner or physician will return the body of the deceased to the family members in an aesthetic manner. This means that he/she will suture all cuts made and wrap the body appropriately. Read more about Organ donation: Rules you should know

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