PATNA, April 18 -- In death, Chamaklal Yadav, a 46-year-old crane operator from Bhagalpur, has given much to the society few would even dream of in Bihar. His family donated his liver, heart, kidneys and corneas in Gujarat, and gifted a new lease of life to six different people early this month, after Yadav suffered a fall from the crane in Surat, where he used to work, and was declared brain dead on April 1.

For someone from Bihar, which lags in organ donation, this was no mean accomplishment. "Despite their overwhelming grief, Yadav's family made the courageous decision to donate his vital organs. The liver and kidney transplantations were done at Ahmedabad's Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC), heart transplantati...