India, July 14 -- The family of a 40-year-old Daund woman donated her organs after she was declared brain dead following a road accident, giving four patients with end-stage organ failure a new lease of life.

The woman, an insurance agent, was admitted to Noble Hospitals and Research Centre (NHRC) on July 7 with severe injuries sustained in the accident. She was declared brain dead on July 9, following which her family consented to organ donation. The retrieval was carried out on July 10.

Dr Sanjay Pathare, group executive officer of NHRC, said the donor's lungs, liver and both kidneys were retrieved and allocated to four patients.

The liver was transplanted into a 59-year-old man with chronic liver disease and one kidney into a 49-yea...