Family of Dead Israeli Youngster Donates Boys Organs
Shalom Life | David Shear
Parts of Yotam Melamed will live on in five transplant recipients
Just over two weeks after the death of a 16-year-old Israeli High School student whose family donated his organs to save the lives of six transplant recipients, another tragic death of an Israeli teen has saved more Israeli lives.
Yotam Melamed, a young boy who lost his balance and fell from his skateboard last week, suffered severe, irreversible brain damage as a result of the fall, before passing away.
As was the case with the 16-year-old, Yotam’s unfortunate death will benefit five others whose lives were saved over the weekend when six of the boy’s organs were donated by his family.
After the fate of their beloved son was confirmed by doctors, Yotam’s family decided to donate his organs at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center, while the transplants were performed at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus.
Yotam’s lungs were donated to two men, one in his 50s, the other in his 60s, while his liver will live on in a 57-year-old man, while one of his kidneys and his pancreas were transplanted into a 36-year-old woman, with his other kidney going to a 23-year-old man.
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Just over two weeks after the death of a 16-year-old Israeli High School student whose family donated his organs to save the lives of six transplant recipients, another tragic death of an Israeli teen has saved more Israeli lives.
Yotam Melamed, a young boy who lost his balance and fell from his skateboard last week, suffered severe, irreversible brain damage as a result of the fall, before passing away.
As was the case with the 16-year-old, Yotam’s unfortunate death will benefit five others whose lives were saved over the weekend when six of the boy’s organs were donated by his family.
After the fate of their beloved son was confirmed by doctors, Yotam’s family decided to donate his organs at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center, while the transplants were performed at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus.
Yotam’s lungs were donated to two men, one in his 50s, the other in his 60s, while his liver will live on in a 57-year-old man, while one of his kidneys and his pancreas were transplanted into a 36-year-old woman, with his other kidney going to a 23-year-old man.
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