Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 8

The family of an ex-serviceman of the Indian Air Force, who was declared brain dead at the PGIMER here yesterday, today gave the consent to donate his organs, which saved the lives of two critical patients and will give vision to another two.Nirmaljit Kaur, wife of Manjit Singh (64), said, “My husband was a brave soldier. He lived saving others and even in his death, he has turned a saviour for four others.”The Kharar resident was admitted to a local hospital on March 26 following a brain stroke and remained in an extremely critical condition for almost 12 days. He was shifted to the PGIMER on April 6 where he was declared brain dead the next day.After his family’s consent, his kidneys and corneas have been harvested for transplantation.