NYU student who died after snowstorm saving lives through organ donation
‘Rajeev has made India proud by donating organs to those who needed them in the US’
The organs of NYU student Rajeev Naidu will be donated to at least eight people in New York after he passed away earlier this month.
The 24-year-old student, originally from Bengaluru in India, was studying for a Masters in Engineering before he sadly contracted a lung infection after a snow-storm in New York.
He was declared brain dead on March 6 while in hospital and was laid to rest earlier this month in India. Rajeev’s family have decided to donate his eyes, heart, pancreas, kidneys, oesophagus, liver, and bone marrow to people in need of transplants.
Naidu’s elder sister Kruthika Purushottam told The Times of India: “My parents and I haven’t seen Rajeev since he fell ill in February. We never expected this. My husband Jayanth has gone to the US to bring his body home. We are proud of whatever he did while he lived and equally proud of him for promoting a greater cause by donating his organs,”
He had just turned 24 on February 21, after leaving his home country for the United States in August last year.
A classmate from PESIT University in Bangalore told The Times of India: “Rajeev was an amazing person -kindhearted, helpful and always sported a smile. He would approach classmates, juniors and seniors to talk to them and help them. He was a great student and one of the top scorers in our university. Rajeev has made India proud by donating organs to those who needed them in the US.”