(off topic) Dad donates organs of son killed in Indonesia

[g...@gklim.com]

Truly, truly a noble gesture.

Love transcends religion, culture, ethnicity, nationality.

In tragedy, there is humanity.

I shed tears of joy when I read stories like this.

Cheers!

G K Lim
www.gklim.com


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The Star Online > Nation
Wednesday February 2, 2011

Dad donates organs of son killed in Indonesia

By WANI MUTHIAH
wa...@thestar.com.my

KLANG: One of the first things R. Subramaniam did when he heard that his son
Yagneswaran had died in a road accident in Indonesia was to arrange for the
young man's organs to be harvested.

"My son was healthy and young and I didn't want his organs to go to waste,"
said the 64-year-old retired estate medical officer.

"I spoke to the pathologist who conducted the post-mortem on my son and told
her to harvest the organs," said Subramaniam who recently flew to Sumatra
with a friend to claim his son's remains.

Yagneswaran, 24, a fifth-year Public Services Department medical student at
the Andalas University in Padang, died from severe head trauma following a
collision involving his motorcycle and another biker on Friday.

Subramaniam said he gave his son's friends the authority to sign the
necessary papers on his behalf for the organ donations.

"We are consoled by the fact that his organs will now give people where he
went to study medicine a chance to continue living," added the father who
has two other sons.

Subramaniam said he was touched by the gesture of the university students
and administration for holding a memorial service for Yagneswaran before his
remains were flown home.

The university also hired a Hindu priest from Bali to carry out the last
rites.

Yagneswaran's remains were cremated at the Klang Simpang Lima Hindu
crematorium here at about 5pm on Monday after the funeral service at the
family home in Taman Eng Ann here.



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