Karachi: In a moment of unimaginable sorrow, a nephrologist woman from Karachi gave the two kidneys of her 23 -year -old son, who was declared dead of the brain after a tragic road accident, saving the lives of two patients awaiting transplantation, The news reported Thursday.
The deceased, Syed Sultan Zafar, 23, was a dental student at Ziauddin Medical and Dental College and the only son of Dr. Mahar Afroze, nephrologist consultant and associate professor at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).
He was the grandson of two of the highly respected health experts in Pakistan – Professor Tipu Sultan and Professor Dr. Shershah Syed.
According to Professor Tipu, the father of the deceased, Syed Furqan Zafar, died a few years ago due to liver cancer and is buried in Kohi Goth, where the family runs a charity hospital. Sultan Zafar will now be buried next to his father.
Recounting the devastating test, Professor Tipu Sultan said Sultan Zafar had met a deadly road accident last Wednesday morning while driving with friends to a private housing company in Karachi.
“He was urgently transported to the emergency room with several head injuries and was unconscious when he arrived. He was immediately intubated and moved to the USI after an initial surgery to eliminate blood clots from his brain,” said Professor Tipu.
“At 1 am on Saturday, the Sultan was again taken to the operating theater for another craniotomy. We spent these days in constant fear and anxiety, unable to sleep or focus on something other than his condition,” added Professor Tipu.
Sultan Zafar initially shown signs of improvement and was transferred to a service for nursing. But Tuesday morning, his condition suddenly deteriorated. “He has developed breathing difficulties and was returned to the USI. He was re -informed, but at 4 p.m. he had lost all the reflexes, and his students were set and dilated,” said Professor Tipu.
The family was broken. “There are no words to describe what we have gone through. After prolonged discussions outside the USI that lasts more than five hours, Mahar Afroze made the most altruistic and braveest decision of his life – to give the organs of his son so that others can live,” said Professor Tipu, with his breach of voice.
Dr. Afroze has personally managed to make his son’s body transported to an ambulance in Siut on Tuesday evening, knowing the importance of corpse organ donation.
“It is a nephrologist who sees the patients die daily due to the shortage of organ donors. She wanted Zafar’s death to save lives,” said Professor Tipu.
In Siut, the two kidneys were transplanted into two patients who have been waiting for years. Unfortunately, other bodies could not be harvested because no immediate beneficiary was available.
Professor Dr. Shershah Syed, the grandfather of Sultan Zafar, paid emotional tribute to his daughter-in-law. “Dr. Mahar Afroze is a great doctor, a real human being and a courageous mother. She gave an example for each family and doctor in Pakistan. We are all very proud of her,” he said.
In a statement published on Wednesday, Siut confirmed successful transplantation, saying that surgeries had been carried out in the early hours of the morning by a team of urologists and anesthetists.
“This generous donation by Dr Afroze in an hour of depth and distress is widely praised by the members of the medical profession and the company as a whole,” said the press release.
The director of SIUT, Professor Adib Rizvi, praised the family’s decision. “They gave the gift of life to two patients who had no donors in their family and who were in dialysis for years. We call on society to imitate this noble act,” he said.
Pakistan faces a critical shortage of organ donors. Falus cultural ideas and religious concerns often prevent families from authorizing organ harvesting deceased beings, even if thousands of patients die each year kidneys, liver and heart failure.
“This act should inspire others,” said Professor Tipu Sultan, adding: “Mahar Afroze lost his only son and only his two daughters remain, but she has chosen to give hope to the others. It is real humanity.”
While the Sultan Zafar rests next to his father in Kohi Goth, the strength of his mother in the face of an unbearable tragedy is a headlight of hope of thousands of patients who expect organ transplants in the country.
