Hyderabad, Aug. 1 -- Four patients suffering from organ failure have received a new chance at life after the family of a 48-year-old Adilabad businessman chose to donate his organs through Telangana's Jeevandan programme.

According to a TT report, the donor, Ponugoti Venkateshwera Rao of Kondukur, a small business owner, collapsed at home on July 26 after complaining of sudden giddiness. He lost consciousness and was rushed to a private hospital in Hyderabad, where he was placed under intensive care.

Despite doctors battling to stabilise him for days following the incident, Rao showed no signs of recovery. A panel declared him brain dead on July 31.

It was then that his son, Ponugoti Rohith Krishna, stepped forward with the decision to...