Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi is no more but eye will continue to live. Dr Sumit Ray, vice-chairman, critical care medicine at Sir Ganga Ram hospital has confirmed this that the legendary cricketer has donated his eye. Pataudi has taken his last breath at the Sir Ganga Ram hospital.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s right eye was damaged permanently in a car accident but left eye was okay. So with the family’s consent his left eye is preserved in the hospital’s eye bank.
“Pataudi had expressed his desire to donate the eye about a week ago when he was fully conscious. On Thursday morning, his wife Sharmila Tagore informed us about it. Accordingly, the family’s consent was taken and after his death the organ was retrieved,”
Dr Sumit Ray, vice-chairman, critical care medicine at Sir Ganga Ram hospital said:
”His eye was fully functional and it can be transplanted,”





