It is general consensus that Tamil Nadu's cadaver transplantation programme has received a fillip in the last two years. But much more can be done in terms of retrieval of organs from brain dead patients. Spreading awareness of cadaver organ donation is being recommended as a key intervention to scale up.
When the doctors at KG Hospital in Coimbatore declared a 38-year-old road traffic victim brain dead on Saturday, the state cadaver transplant registry in the state recorded the 100th cadaver organ donation since its inception in October 2008. In the last two years, the registry has networked with over 500 hospitals in the city besides hospitals transplant centres across the country.
The 100th regulated cadaver organ transplantation was concluded on Sunday morning at the Government General Hospital.
In a few days from now, duo K. Raghuram and Lalitha Raghuram of Mohan Foundation, will reach a milestone of facilitating 500 organ transplants from 92 donors.
Jubilee Hills resident A Lakshmipathi turned his moment of grief into happiness for two families on Thursday. He donated his two-year-old brain-dead daughter Jyothirmai's kidneys to a 45-year-old woman, who was on dialysis. The toddler's eyes were donated to L V Prasad Eye Institute.
An online survey conducted by Multi-Organ Harvesting Aid Network (Mohan) Foundation has thrown up some interesting aspects related to general opinion among public about organ donation. The survey, in which close to 2,200 persons, mostly between 20 to 40 years of age, participated, states that 89 per cent of the respondents were willing to donate organs in case of death.
The organs of a Kurnool-based school assistant who died in a mishap has given new life to five people who received her liver, kidneys and eyes. The victim, Pooja Vijaya Gowri, was the wife of Mr P. Chalam, deputy superintendent of police at the Kurnool Police Training Centre.
MOHAN Foundation (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network) is conducting training programmes in transplant coordination and grief counselling — a first in South Asia. The coordinators help pass on life.
On Saturday morning, Bandlaguda resident P Ramesh Reddy changed his moment of grief into happiness for seven needy families. He donated his 53-year-old brain dead mother Indira Reddy's liver, heart valves, kidneys and eyes. Of the seven recipients of her organs, two were battling with renal failure and liver cirrhosis.
