An 18-year-old newspaper vendor in Indore, Deepak Dhaketa, died of a road accident on Wednesday. He was declared brought brain dead by doctors at Indore’s Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences (SAIMS) on Wednesday evening. The doctors knew that Deepak's untimely death had left his family shattered, but they also knew that his organs could still save four critically-ill patients. By Thursday noon, four organ transplants had been carried out His two kidneys were transplanted into two patients within the same city - at Indore's SAIMS and Choithram Hospital and Research Centre. Deepak's heart and liver, on the other hand, were flown to Delhi.

But it happened! The aggrieved family agreed after three counselling sessions to have Deepak's four organs — a heart, liver and two kidneys - harvested, as per a report in The Times of India.

By Thursday noon, four organ transplants had been carried out

His two kidneys were transplanted into two patients within the same city - at Indore's SAIMS and Choithram Hospital and Research Centre. Deepak's heart and liver, on the other hand, were flown to Delhi.

Deepak's heart saved the life of a 48-year-old woman at Medanta Medicity in Gurgaon who was suffering from end-stage heart disease. The liver recipient was a 55-year-old man suffering from liver failure at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in Delhi's Vasant Kunj. All patients are stable after transplant.

Transporting the organs was the biggest challenge

Dr Sanjay Dixit, the secretary of Indore Organ Donation Society who facilitated the donation, told TOI that three green corridors were created on Thursday morning within Indore to take the organs to the airport - which helped to cover 11 km in nine minutes. The Delhi police were informed of the need for green corridors by 11 am on Thursday.