Whatever may be the time, 27-year old Girish Shetty's phone just doesn't stop ringing. A grief counsellor-cum-transplant coordinator, Shetty handles what is considered as one of the toughest jobs in the world -convincing grief-stricken relatives of a brain-dead person to part with the organs of their loved ones.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th February 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th Feb 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th Feb 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences. NHS Blood and Transplant is the organ donor organisation for the UK, and has agreed to share their expertise in increasing the number of organ donors, matching and allocating donated organs and auditing, analysing and publishing both organ donation and outcomes after transplantation.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th Feb 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences. NHS Blood and Transplant is the organ donor organisation for the UK, and has agreed to share their expertise in increasing the number of organ donors, matching and allocating donated organs and auditing, analysing and publishing both organ donation and outcomes after transplantation.
Representatives from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the MOHAN Foundation, a not-for-profit organ donation charity based in India, will meet at the House of Lords today to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences.
Last Thursday night, I was informed by Dr. TC Sadasukhi, transplant urologist at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital (MGH) in Jaipur, that a 7-year-old boy was potentially brain dead and the family was interested in donating his organs. Coincidentally, as transplant consultant to the Government of Rajasthan and as an advisory board member of the MOHAN Foundation, I was visiting MGH that morning to deliver a lecture on "Brain Death Declaration and Donor Organ Management." It was time for some on-the-job training.
At a tender age of 6, a boy from rural area of the state scripted history. He became the first cadaver donor (organs from brain dead people donated to other patients) in the state. His vital organs - liver and kidney were harvested in Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Jaipur, where he was undergoing treatment for an injury he suffered on January 30. Before he died, he saved lives of persons who could survive only by liver and kidney transplant.
For many Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis living in Britain who need an organ transplant, the wait can be gruelling, as very few Asians come forward to donate organs because of a lack of awareness.
Organ donation may get a boost in India and the UK with Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation signing an MoU with National Health Service Blood and Transplant of the UK on Friday.
