The State Government would bear the expenses for treatment of the daughter of deceased Priyanka Rani Patra, whose kidneys were donated and transplanted on two different persons on Tuesday, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday.
The daughter of 26-year-old Priyanka of Digapahandi Ganjam district is currently undergoing treatment after sustaining injuries in a road accident. The woman had also sustained critical injuries in the mishap and died during treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
The Chief Minister also announced that the family of Priyanka would receive assistance under the Suraj scheme of the State Government.
Patnaik highly appreciated Priyanka’s family for agreeing to the organ donation and the doctors who conducted the operation. “I congratulate the SCBMCH doctors for conducting the State’s first cadaveric kidney transplant and also the family members of Priyanka of Ganjam district for donating her organ. This has created a new history in Odisha’s organ transplant and modern treatment,” Patnaik
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Notably, one kidney of Priyanka was transplanted on a 31-year-old person at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack while the other kidney was transplanted on a patient at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after Priyanka’s family members consented to the organ donation.
