Subedar S P Singh, who died on June 29 due to brain stroke, donated his organs to six people giving them a "second lease of life".

49-year-old Singh, was posted at the Army Medical Corps in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, and doctors at t he Army Hospital Research and Referral (AHR&R) here said he died of subarachnoid haemorrhage (bleeding in the brain).

"His family donated his heart, liver, two kidneys and two corneas," said Brig A K Sharma, administration head at AHR&R.

Singh hailed from Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh.

"Once he complained of severe headache. After investigation at a civil hospital in Gwalior, he was referred to AHR&R. But despite their best efforts doctors could not save him," Subedar M P Singh, deceased's brother-in-law, said.

"We could not save his life. But by fulfilling his wish of donating his organs, we can at least make an effort to save lives of other people. We will also be happy thinking that he lives in these six people from now onwards."

"His heart was transplanted to Arifa, wife of a serving soldier, who was suffering from cardiomyopathy," said Brig M Luthra of the department of Cardiology at AHR&R.

Twenty-nine-year-old Arifa, a mother of three, was diagnosed of this rare and fatal heart disease where transplant was the only option.

"She was suffering from the disease for the past five years and was unable to walk without help," Luthra said.

"Singh's liver was transplanted to a retired officer who was suffering from terminal liver failure," Brig Sharma said.

The Subedar's kidney was donated to the wife of a serving soldier suffering from terminal renal failure and the other was given to the AIIMS. A serving soldier and a retired officer were the recipients of the corneas, he said.