Venkatesh146;s wish fulfilled in death

The former chess player8217;s eyes were donated soon after he died. However, other organs could not be transplanted as he had been on ventilator for a long period, the sources said. The high court had yesterday ordered the setting up of a new committee to reconsider the euthanasia plea by Venkatesh8217;s mother Sujatha to enable him to donate organs. The court had on Wednesday rejected the appeal.

While rejecting the plea of the petitioner, the court had said 8216;8216;though it can understand the anguish of the mother and the noble intentions of her son, the statue has no such provision which provides exemption from the Act as a special case8217;8217;.

The bench also rejected another petition questioning the recommendations of a medical panel, that organs of any person not brain dead, cannot be donated by the nearest relative. Sujatha said she would continue her fight urging for a change in the Human Organ Transplant Act.

Vowing to carry on the legal battle for a change in the law to enable persons who are not brain-dead to donate organs, Sujatha told a private news channel: 8216;8216;This is fighting. May be not this year, but in two years or three years or four years, the act change in law is coming8217;8217;.

She said she would also fulfil Venkatesh8217;s last wish that she performs his last rites, even if it means going against Hindu traditions. 8216;8216;I know only what my son said. He said, 8216;Amma, do this8217;. Hindu dharma, I don8217;t know8217;8217;.