Deceased girl whose organs were donated to 7 people receives 3 ‘A’s at A/L

The organs of a 19-year-old student of Kurunegala Maliyadeva Girls’ High School, Vihagana Nuwanthi, who died of a brain tumour were donated to seven people.

Vihagana had obtained three As in the Commerce stream in this year’s A/Ls Examination.

Sometime ago, she was admitted to the hospital due to a sudden illness and doctors discovered that there was a tumor in her brain. After knowing that Vihagana was not lucky to live any longer, her doctors informed the parents that she could donate her organs to patients.

Vihangana saved seven lives donating her heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and her eyes to the patients. She died on March 22. The heart and lungs taken from her were transplanted to an anesthesiologist who was in critical condition due to heart and lung failure.

It is also special that this is the first time in this country that such an organ transplant surgery has been done at the same time, although the organs had been transplanted separately before.

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