Brain dead youth donates organs including hands
Hands donation, a first in Karnataka
Bengaluru, November 20: For the first time in the state, both the hands of a brain-dead 22-year-old youth were donated to a 31-year-old person who lost his both the hands in a crusher tragedy at a factory in Puducherry.
Both the hands conserved in chemicals and ice were transported from Bengaluru to 300 km long Puducherry’s Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research within three hours on Monday at 4.15 pm.
The youth who donated the organs was hailed from Bihar and he was working in a telecom company. He sustained severe head injury in an accident happened while going to collect money from a retailer at Anekal on November 15. Later, he was admitted to government hospital in Anekal and then he shifted to a private hospital. On November 16, he was shifted to Narayana Health City. After two days, the doctors declared that he was brain dead. Even during the painful time, his parents have decided to donate organs including his hands.
The poor parents have already lost their three children and now, they have lost their fourth one in the accident. His heart would be transplanted to an 18-year-old girl from Madhya Pradesh and the liver would be transplanted to a 67 year-old person from Bengaluru who has been suffering from liver cancer. One kidney was transplanted to a patient at Mysuru Apollo hospital.
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8 children between ages of 1 and 14 dead after mass shooting in Louisiana, police say
Shreveport(US) (AP): A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in shootings at two different homes early Sunday in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in more than two years, police in Shreveport said.
The victims ranged in age from one to about 14 years old, said Shreveport police spokesperson Chris Bordelon. A total of 10 were shot and some of the children were related to the suspect, Bordelon said.
The gunman later died after a chase with officers who fired at the suspect, Bordelon said. The suspect stole a car while leaving the scene of the shootings and was followed by police, according to Bordelon.
Police did not release the name of the suspect but did say he was an adult male. The shootings were the result of a “domestic disturbance,” Bordelon said.
Officials said they were still gathering details at the crime scenes south of downtown Shreveport — the two homes and a third location.
“This is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,” he said.
It was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since eight people were killed in a Chicago suburb in January 2024, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
At a news conference outside the residence where one of the shootings occurred, officials appeared stunned, requesting patience and prayers from the community as they sorted through multiple crime scenes.
“I just don't know what to say, my heart is just taken aback,” Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said. “I cannot begin to imagine how such an event could occur.”
“This is a tragic situation — maybe the worst tragic situation we've ever had,” said Tom Arceneaux, mayor of the city in northwestern Louisiana with about 180,000 residents. “It's a terrible morning.”
Louisiana State Police say their detectives have been asked by Shreveport police to investigate. In a statement, state police say no officers were harmed in the shooting that involved an officer after a police pursuit into Bossier City on Sunday morning.
State police are asking anyone with pictures, video or information to share it with state police detectives.
Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry said in a statement that he and his wife were heartbroken. “We're deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers and first responders working tirelessly on the scene,” he added.
