ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

After a 14-year-old girl was killed in a car crash in northern Israel, her family made the decision to donate her organs to hospital patients across the country who were in need of transplants.

14-year-old Miril Toema was admitted to the Galilee Medical Center with a severe head injury after a serious car accident in Kfar Yassif.

She was there for three days in the children's intensive care unit before her death was determined by medical staff.

Upon her death, her family immediately agreed to donate her organs in order to save as many lives as possible.
Miril Toema and her siblings
Miril Toema and her siblings (Credit: Courtesy of the family.)


People who received life-changing transplants included a 9-year-old girl in Sheba Medical Center who needed a heart transplant, and an 8-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy who both recieved a kidney.
A 58-year-old woman underwent a liver transplant.

"From her terrible death, at least we will be able to save lives," a family member commented.