A transplant co-ordination workshop being organised by MOHAN Foundation will be held in the city from April 18.
Parents of a 40-day-old infant, Sonu, have donated eyes and heart valves for organ harvesting, after the baby was declared brain dead due to health complications.
A 65-year-old retired engineer, Raja Krishna Tirumalasetty, who passed away due to a massive bleeding in the brain after an angioplasty on Sunday, has given a fresh lease of life to patients waiting for organ transplantation.
Most religions support multi-organ donation and there would be no mutilation of the body while the organ, be it the heart, kidney or liver, was removed for transplantation, said K. Raghuram, chief executive of Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation, here on Monday, dispelling some of the common misconceptions. The organisation had a strong presence in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, he said.
Every month, an average of 18 patients come to PGI for liver transplant and are referred to hospitals in Delhi as the organ is seldom available here.
Despite having all the requisites in place PGI is yet to begin liver transplant surgeries for want of donors. Blame it on a lack of awareness as well as myths associated with the procedure, doctors there have failed to find any voluntary donor till date even though the hospital had announced three years ago it had the required medical expertise.
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