With the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University laying emphasis on increasing the capacity among health and allied health professionals, considering the huge gap between demand and supply, a number of institutions have begun offering specialised, job-oriented courses in the sector.
To those who refuse to donate organs citing religions reasons, Francis Delmonico, president-elect of the World Transplantation Society, asks, “Does you religion prevent you from being a recipient?”
Francis Delmonico, president-elect of the World Transplantation Society, asks those who refuse to donate organs citing religions reasons, “Does you religion prevent you from being a recipient?”
Health Minister D.L. Ravindra Reddy on Monday pledged to donate his organs and promised to convince the Rajiv Arogyasri Healthcare Trust to donate Rs. 1 crore to kick-start the Jeevandaan project for promoting cadaver transplantation in the State.
Cases of organ failure are bound to increase manifold in India in the next five to 10 years, given the burgeoning number of people with diabetes, hypertension, and borderline or end-stage renal diseases.
Dr Sunil Shroff, professor and head of the department, Urology and Renal Transplantation at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, recently won the TiECON Chennai’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The state's organ transplant registry has crossed a milestone. Since its inception in September 2008, the registry has recorded donations of 1,008 organs and valves from more than 175 brain-dead patients.
Aishwarya Rai did it a few years ago. Now the gorgeous Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2011 Ankita Shorey too has pledged her eyes and would like to urge people to do the same.
