Mysore/Mysuru, Dec. 21 -- * 28-year-old auto driver declared brain-dead after stroke; organs donated

* Brain stroke claimed his father 15 years ago, sister in 2024 and mother nine months ago

Efforts by friends of a young autorickshaw driver to save his life ended in tragedy when he was declared brain dead at a hospital in Mysuru.

In a final act of compassion, a relative later gave consent for organ donation, allowing the young man's organs to give a new lease of life to several patients.

The deceased has been identified as Rajesh (28), a resident of Parasaiyyana Hundi village in the taluk.

In a tragic coincidence, a brain stroke has repeatedly struck his family.

Rajesh's father died of a brain stroke about 15 years ago, his sister s...