The nation's target will be to attain Tamil Nadu' s rate of cadaveric organ donation of 1.3 per million people within the next two years, Director General of Health Services, Government of India, R.K. Srivastava, said here on Saturday.
About one and a half lakh Indians are waiting for kidney donors. Those waiting for liver and pancreas are 60,000 and 30,000 in numbers, respectively. Intimidating though the numbers may be, the good news is that in the coming days organ transplant co-ordinators will be working actively in hospitals
A system to alert patients requiring organ donation directly through SMS alerts is being contemplated in the State. Such a system would be of great benefit as India was next only to China in mobile phone density, according to J. Amalorpavanathan, Transplant Coordinator, Cadaver Transplant Programme, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Medical personnel must liaise closely with the police department regarding organ transplantation as they could provide immense help, said J. Amalorpavanathan, Transplant Coordinator, Cadaver Transplant Programme, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu is a role model for other states in organ donations, according to an expert in cadaver transplantation.
A 45-year-old man from Hyderabad suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and in dire need of an organ transplant got a new lease of life on Wednesday. The liver donated by noted poet from Vijayawada Vegunta Mohan Prasad, also known as 'Mo', who was declared brain dead on August 2 at a hospital in
If one says that the overcoming the grief of the death of your is the most devastating moment for parents then taking the decision to donate your only childs organs is something unbelievable. But this altruist family of Raghurams just did that. You heart melts out to this shock of realizing that
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?
