By Jyoti Galada Umang Galada: Youngest Organ Donor This is the story of Umang Galada, the youngest organ donor of West Bengal. It is also a story that echoes the struggles of thousands of organ failure patients across India who are waiting for a transplant—though their endings may be different. Umang was a 12-year-old boy who fought to find a kidney donor so he could live. In the end, he became an organ donor himself. His liver saved the life of a critically ill 8-year-old child, and his corneas gave the gift of sight to two visually impaired individuals. Umang: A boy who excelled everywhere  Umang was a brilliant mind with boundless curiosity—a mind that sought continuous learning. He immersed himself wholeheartedly in everything he pursued, excelling in his studies, playing the t

By Jyoti Galada There is a power we all hold as citizens, as family members, and as individuals and that is the power of saying "YES" to organ donation. A single 'yes' can save up to 8 lives and enhance the lives of 75 more. It can give organ failure patients the chance to live a normal life, restore their hope to feel included and capable, and become a blessing to families facing emotional, mental, and financial trauma. This 'yes' is most needed at one of life’s hardest moments when your loved one has been declared brain dead and is lost to you forever. Yet in that moment of loss, you can keep their legacy alive through the gift of organ donation. Before the body being buried or cremated, it can go on to give life by donating organs like the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, a