Lindbergh’s Family Accepts the Inevitable
Doctors removed organs for transplant donations from the body of Pelle Lindbergh Tuesday after the parents of the National Hockey League goalie said their farewells to their son.
Philadelphia Flyers team physician Edward Viner said Lindbergh’s parents gave doctors permission to remove the organs, but delayed the operation because they wanted more time with their only son.
The operation to remove the organs was completed by 8 p.m. EST, said Maria Toci, a spokeswoman at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital-Stratford Division.
She would not disclose which organs were taken out of the body and had no other information.
Dr. Louis Gallo, a staff surgeon at the hospital, said Lindbergh’s parents had signed a release allowing donation of his organs.
His relatives “have accepted the finality of his condition. They want more private time with him,” Viner said.
“From a purely medical point of view, he’s been dead since 5:40 a.m. Sunday.”
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