<p>When Balraj A, a 59-year-old cop, collapsed at his residence due to a haemorrhage, his family didn't know that it was just the beginning of an ordeal.</p>.<p>They had to make several rounds of hospitals to treat the sub-inspector, who was finally declared brain-dead. However, the family donated his liver and corneas.</p>.<p>Balraj, a sub-inspector working in the Police Commissioner's office in Bengaluru, had fallen unconscious at his residence in Kammanahalli on September 26. The family made a dash to different hospitals in search of neurosurgeons and ventilator to treat the officer.</p>.<p>He was taken to a local hospital which referred them to the Fortis Hospital on Cunningham Road, which did not have a neurosurgeon. Later they were referred to the hospital's Bannerghatta branch. On their way, the family even enquired at Nimhans, which did not have a vacant bed with ventilator. Finally, when Balraj was brought to the Fortis Hospital on Bannerghatta Road, the doctors there declared him brain-dead.</p>.<p>Balraj's son Prem Kumar said they could have taken him to the nearest hospital having all the facilities, but were made to run around the city.</p>.<p>“My father had hypertension and diabetes. He had collapsed after vomiting. Every minute was precious. However, by the time he got treatment, he was declared brain-dead. The doctors at the hospital suggested organ donation, which we were unaware of. Obliging to the request, we donated his organs,” Prem Kumar said.</p>.<p>Balraj's liver and corneas were given to needy beneficiaries.</p>
<p>When Balraj A, a 59-year-old cop, collapsed at his residence due to a haemorrhage, his family didn't know that it was just the beginning of an ordeal.</p>.<p>They had to make several rounds of hospitals to treat the sub-inspector, who was finally declared brain-dead. However, the family donated his liver and corneas.</p>.<p>Balraj, a sub-inspector working in the Police Commissioner's office in Bengaluru, had fallen unconscious at his residence in Kammanahalli on September 26. The family made a dash to different hospitals in search of neurosurgeons and ventilator to treat the officer.</p>.<p>He was taken to a local hospital which referred them to the Fortis Hospital on Cunningham Road, which did not have a neurosurgeon. Later they were referred to the hospital's Bannerghatta branch. On their way, the family even enquired at Nimhans, which did not have a vacant bed with ventilator. Finally, when Balraj was brought to the Fortis Hospital on Bannerghatta Road, the doctors there declared him brain-dead.</p>.<p>Balraj's son Prem Kumar said they could have taken him to the nearest hospital having all the facilities, but were made to run around the city.</p>.<p>“My father had hypertension and diabetes. He had collapsed after vomiting. Every minute was precious. However, by the time he got treatment, he was declared brain-dead. The doctors at the hospital suggested organ donation, which we were unaware of. Obliging to the request, we donated his organs,” Prem Kumar said.</p>.<p>Balraj's liver and corneas were given to needy beneficiaries.</p>