Family of a brain dead soldier, who was declared brain dead following a June 22 road accident, donated his organs and saved three lives.

Vahid Hallaj, a soldier who was among the passengers boarding a bus coming back from the garrison in Kerman, was announced brain dead on August 23 after spending two months in a critical condition at the hospital.

Vahid’s kidneys and liver were the organs viable for transplant. His liver went to a 39-year-old male patients and his kidneys went to two patients; a 47-year old male and a 48-year old female, Mehr news agency quoted Health Ministry spokesman Iraj Harirchi as saying on Thursday.

Over a bus rollover which took place on June 22 on a road linking the southern cities of Shiraz and Kerman 19 passengers who were all soldiers passed away and dozens got injured. / Tehran times /