Organ donor given state honours | Bhubaneswar News
Keonjhar: The last rites of Lata Mohanta (58), an organ donor from Kodakhaman village in Patna block, was performed with state honours.
Mohanta, wife of Kulamani Mahanta, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after a brief illness following her brain stroke. Her family honoured her last wish by consenting to donate her organs, her liver successfully transplanted into another patient.
“State honours were accorded to recognize her noble sacrifice and promote awareness about organ donation,” said additional district magistrate Mandardhar Mahalik, who attended the ceremony. She was given a police guard of honour at the village crematorium.
Champua sub-divisional police officer Bijay Kumar Mallik and hundreds of villagers were there to pay their last respects.
The district administration’s decision to conduct the final rites with state honours aligns with existing guidelines aimed at recognising organ donors and encouraging organ donation in society.
Mohanta, wife of Kulamani Mahanta, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after a brief illness following her brain stroke. Her family honoured her last wish by consenting to donate her organs, her liver successfully transplanted into another patient.
“State honours were accorded to recognize her noble sacrifice and promote awareness about organ donation,” said additional district magistrate Mandardhar Mahalik, who attended the ceremony. She was given a police guard of honour at the village crematorium.
Champua sub-divisional police officer Bijay Kumar Mallik and hundreds of villagers were there to pay their last respects.
The district administration’s decision to conduct the final rites with state honours aligns with existing guidelines aimed at recognising organ donors and encouraging organ donation in society.
