A 27-year-old Indian expat software programmer has died in an accident in Dubai. But even after his death, the samaritan saved many lives through organ donation. The Indian software developer named Sharvil Katariya recently passed away in Dubai after a car accident, but his parents’ organ donation has helped save many other people’s lives. The tragedy that befell the Indian immigrant family from Pune, Maharashtra, took place on September 7 in Dubai. Manish and Anjali Katariya, an Indian expat couple, had only one child, Sharvil Katariya, who passed away. After the death of their only child, the bereaved parents made the decision to donate their son’s crucial organs. They took the noble step in order to keep their child alive through the efforts of others and to also spare families of seriously ill patients the suffering that came with losing a loved one.
Sharvil Katariya was returning from a gym in the Ibn Battuta Mall to their home in the neighborhood of The Gardens when the vehicle accident occurred. The parents initially assumed he would have met his neighborhood mates when he didn’t arrive in time. Sharvil had suffered significant head injuries from trauma. He spent a few weeks in the hospital. The family opted to donate all of Sharvil’s essential organs once it was clear that he wouldn’t live again. Sharvil’s heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, and other important organs could all be donated. On September 18, his parents registered with “Hayat,” the UAE’s National Program for Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues, to donate several organs.
Sharvil was moved to an Abu Dhabi hospital on September 21 to assist with the donation process. His organs were removed during surgery on September 24. On September 29, he was cremated at the New Sonapur Hindu Cremation Ground in Jebel Ali in front of a sizable gathering of friends, family, and coworkers. The heartbroken parents claimed they had accepted the truth and are now hoping that by sharing their experience, it may encourage others to carry out the selfless act of organ donation. Under the UAE’s Hayat program, organ and tissue donation has helped save about 600 lives.
Sharvil attended Delhi Private School in Dubai for his education before enrolling in engineering programs in India and the US. The International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Hyderabad awarded him a B.Tech. in computer science, and Stony Brook University in New York awarded him an MS.
The young software engineer had experience working for two years at both Microsoft Corporation in Bellevue, Washington, and global corporations like Samsung Research and Development Institute in Bangalore, India. Sharvil had joined a new company earlier this year after moving back to Dubai.
