Chandigarh, June 18 -- A 26-year-old Yogesh Kumar gave a new lease of life to three patients at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), after being declared brain dead.

Kumar, who was a lecturer at Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, lost his life in a road accident on May 28, 2026, when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing a road in Rajpura.

A resident of Chila Kalan, Shamti, in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district, Kumar was an M.Pharm graduate with a promising future ahead of him.

Following initial treatment at Gian Sagar Hospital in Rajpura, he was referred to PGIMER. Despite intensive care, he succumbed to brain injury and was certified brain-stem dead under the provisions of the Transplantation of...