Mangalore, December 26: Swarna J, who donated her vital organs including heart, liver, kidneys and eyes after meeting a mishap at her college in Doddaballapur, was laid to rest in city on Monday.
The last rites were performed in the presence of her family members at Nandigudda, in Mangalore, sources said.
Mangalore based Swarna, who was studying at Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology in Doddaballapur, breathed her last at a private hospital in Bangalore on Sunday, soon after doctors removed the ventilator, although she was 'brain dead' since December 14, when she fell after the glass floor on which she was standing at her college, gave way.
Although Swarna was admitted to the ICU of Columbia Asia Hospital in Bangalore, she did not respond to any treatment.
It was Swarna's parents, who decided to donate her vital organs after the 19-year-old girl who sustained head injuries after she fell from the second floor of her college building, was declared brain dead.
Hemalatha, the mother of Swarna said that donating Swarna's organs was the only way she could see her daughter alive. “It is hard to believe that my daughter, who grew up before my eyes, is no more,” she said and added: "When the doctors revealed us that Swarna is brain dead, we decided to donate her organs".
Swarna's father, Jaswanth, is an automobile spare parts dealer in Mangalore. Hemalatha, used to visit Swarna once a fortnight by travelling from Mangalore.
“Since the journey was difficult, I had decided to shift to Bangalore and taken a house on rent in Yelahanka in November to stay with my beloved daughter”, she said struggling to fight back her tears.
Swarna (centre) along with her friends in a happy moment
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