See this news. What this useless sacrifices is for, afterall? The Hindu News Update Service
News Update Service Wednesday, November 21, 2007 : 1715 Hrs Regional Man ends life to help brother regain vision but in vain Chennai (PTI): An auto-driver here committed suicide in order to donate his eyes to his partially blind younger brother, but his sacrifice went in vain as the cornea was found medically unfit for transplantation as it could not be removed in time. Upset over his brother Karthik (24) losing his sight steadily due to a nervous disorder, Ravikumar (26) out of immense love for him ended his life by hanging himself at his house in a north Chennai locality on Tueday afternoon, police said. "Please give my eyes to my brother after my death," Ravikumar had written in the suicide note. Tragically for him, his cornea could not be removed in time as the suicide note was noticed only late in the night, about six hours after the death, they said. Unfortunately for Ravikumar he was not aware that his brother's chances of regaining the sight were remote even with transplantation as Karthik's connecting nerves in the eyes were damaged, police quoting doctors said. Yet, when the body was taken to the Kilpauk Medical College to find out whether it was still possible for the eyes to be useful, the doctors there expressed their helplessness. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
