Chandigarh, Jan. 25 -- Two patients at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) received a new lease of life on Friday as the hospital went the extra mile. This was achieved through the coordinated efforts of AIIMS Rishikesh, the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), and the traffic police via seamless organ retrieval, transport, and transplant.

The process began when the family of 42-year-old Raghu Paswan consented to donate his organs at AIIMS Rishikesh. Paswan had been declared brain dead on January 20 after sustaining severe head injuries. Subsequently, tertiary care hospitals, including PGIMER, collaborated for the organ retrieval and transplant procedures.

Paswan's liver, pancreas...