Panchkula, Sept. 20 -- As his father lay brain-dead, his son, an Army personnel, and other members of his family today chose to donate the dying man's five organs, turning their personal tragedy into a lifeline for strangers.
That extraordinary courage set Panchkula Police into motion, as they forged a green corridor from Chandimandir to Chandigarh Airport, ensuring that two kidneys, one liver and two eyes reached desperate patients in Delhi before the clock ran out.
The story began with a family's heartbreak and ended with a race against time. After the Army personnel consented to the donation following his father's brain death at the Command Hospital in Chandimandir Cantonment, medical teams knew they had a narrow window to make the gif...