KARACHI: A team of experts at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) successfully transplanted corneas donated by a deceased donor to two deserving individuals, converting their grief into lasting hope.
The donor, late Sher Ali Taheem, a 17 year old student and resident of Karachi, was admitted to the SIUT following a severe brain hemorrhage. Despite all possible medical efforts, he remained in the intensive care unit for two days before being declared brain dead.
“Sher shared a deep and lifelong association with SIUT. At the age of eight, he underwent a kidney transplant at the institute, with his mother donating a kidney. The transplant functioned well for nearly ten years. Recently, however, he experienced graft rejection, became dialysis dependent, and was awaiting a second transplant.
“In this moment of heartbreaking loss, Sher’s family, longstanding advocates of organ donation, demonstrated extraordinary courage and compassion by consenting to donate his corneas. The corneal transplant procedures were successfully performed by the SIUT transplant team on Jan 7, restoring sight and hope to two patients, a 45-year-old man and a-21-year-old student,” says a press release.
Prof Adib Rizvi, SIUT Founding Director, along with the transplant team, paid rich tribute to the family’s exceptional courage and humanity. He called upon society at large to come forward and embrace deceased organ donation, so that many more lives may be healed and saved.
“This noble act of generosity, carried out in an hour of immense grief, stands as a powerful reminder that even in death, life can be given and darkness turned into light.
Published in Dawn, January 9th, 2026