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Spanish woman becomes second foreign national to donate organs in India
Updated On: 13 January, 2023 06:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
Her daughter, a doctor of emergency medicine, decides to donate her organs; four Mumbaikars including a doctor and a Lebanese citizen benefit from them
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Teresa Maria Fernandez passed away after brain haemorrhage
When 67-year-old Teresa Maria Fernandez came to Mumbai, her only intention was to explore the city. But her visit gave a new lease on life to four Mumbaikars and a foreign national, who were donated her organs when she passed away after brain hemorrhage. It was her daughter, a doctor of emergency medicine, who asked that her organs be donated. One of the recipients is also a doctor herself.
Fernandez has become the first donor from beyond Asia and the second foreign national to donate organs in India. In 2019, a Nepalese national was the city`s first international cadaver donor. Fernandez came to Mumbai on January 5 and was travelling on a bus with her friend when she suddenly collapsed. As the bus was near Jaslok hospital, she was taken there.
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