Bhubaneswar: A six-year-old brain dead boy from Baripada in Mayurbhanj district became a beacon of hope for two sick children awaiting kidney transplants. After doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) declared the boy brain dead, his parents donated his kidneys to two hospitals in the city on Monday.The boy, Swasriayan Patra, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after an iron gate weighing three quintals fell on him in Baripada. Initially treated at a hospital in Balasore, the child was brought to SUMUM on May 7.”But despite all efforts by the medical team, there was no improvement in his condition. The doctors conducted the Apnea test twice, after which the child was declared brain dead,” said an official statement issued by the hospital on Monday.“After being counselled by the medical team, my wife and I decided to donate our son’s organs so that they could help save the lives of other sick children,” said Krushna Patra, the boy’s father.The hospital authorities contacted the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), and it was decided to rush the boy’s kidneys to AIIMS Bhubaneswar and a private hospital. This was the fourth time that this hospital was instrumental in ensuring organ donation. So far, 13 different organs were retrieved from brain dead patients to save the lives of sick people.