: I am Indias 2nd Longest Coma Survivor Heres Why I Want You to Donate Organs #IndiaNEWS #healthy living One cold winter morning in 1993 Dr Jaideep Kumar Sharma woke up in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

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I am Indias 2nd Longest Coma Survivor Heres Why I Want You to Donate Organs #IndiaNEWS #healthy living
One cold winter morning in 1993 Dr Jaideep Kumar Sharma woke up in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. He had been grievously injured in a road accident on 6 June 1992, which resulted in a broken skull, fractured jaw, crushed right shoulder, six missing ribs on his left side. He had tubes and pipes running through every part of his body with just some measly flesh left on his right leg.
“The last memory I had was of the summer. But by the time I woke up, six months later, it was winter. I was disoriented and lost,� says Dr Jaideep to The Better India. “Waking up that morning also gave me the notoriety of being the second-longest coma survivor in the country. �
To recover from the damage of the accident took Dr Jaideep many years. He adds that it was the collective wisdom and knowledge of hundreds of doctors at AIIMS that helped him back on his feet.
“I cannot put into words the pain I felt. I went through hell and I did not want that life. But, despite all that, I had 56 people come forward to donate blood for me. I underwent over 22 surgeries while under general anaesthesia over 10 years to be pieced back together. My body today consists of metal, plastic, flesh and bones from other donors and my own tissue from various parts of my body,� he says.
Despite the roller coaster life that Dr Jaideep has lived so far, he says in no uncertain terms that none of it was a hurdle. “I can also say that there will never be any ‘hurdle’ in the future,� he says. He describes life as a training programme and says that it was a tough training period for sure, but nothing that he couldn’t handle.
The ‘Miracle’ Man’s Early Years
Indias 2nd longest coma survivor.
Born in 1963 to a doctor mother and a father who was a research scholar, Dr Jaideep says that his parents were extremely busy and he cannot recollect a time when they would sit together as a family and even share a meal. “My parents believed in tough love. While as a child this was distressing, it made me who I am today,� he says.
He adds, “My parents came from two different worlds. While my mother’s family was rich enough to own elephants and hobnob with the British, my grandfather from my father’s side was able to afford a bicycle in the last phase of his career. So, you can imagine the difference. Yet, my mother and father fell in love and got married. �
“I have seen my parents work very hard to achieve all the success. My father was so passionate about his field of work that everything he did was focused on his goal. My mother’s private practice knew no bounds and she kept expanding her work,� recalls Dr Jaideep.

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