Amid the festive cheer, a team of more than 20 doctors performed four transplants over 17 hours on Sunday after the kin of a brain-dead woman agreed to donate her organs, bringing smiles to the faces of four families, at Global Hospital. There are six recipients, including at KEM hospital in Parel and at Apollo Hospital in Chennai.  

The woman, who was admitted to Global Hospital in Parel on September 6 after suffering from a brain haemorrhage, was declared brain dead on Saturday morning. According to the Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee (ZTCC), her family, when counselled, granted permission to donate her liver, kidneys, heart, lungs and pancreas. Using a green corridor, the lungs were flown to Apollo Hospital, and one of the kidneys went to an end-stage patient in KEM hospital.