A rising graph prominently put up on the website of the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) effectively captures India’s heartening organ donation story: If the country registered 900 donations of liver, kidney and heart in 2009, the total rose to 3,038 in 2018.
State capital Bhopal is yet to come to terms with the organ donation, reflects official figures. As per National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) in past three years 199 donations have taken place in Madhya Pradesh and of these only 11 have taken place in Bhopal and remaining 188
Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, recently got the approval from the state government to start liver transplantation.
Lakhs of lives could be saved in the country if misconceptions about organ donation are removed. A donated body could save up to eight lives and therefore there is a need to create awareness about organ donation, said Sarita Chaurasiya, president of Adarsh Chaurasia Ladies Club, on Saturday.
Months after the monsoon hit the small town of Saket Nagar in Kanpur last year, Sangeeta Kashyap*, 33, packed her bags for Delhi where she had been promised a good job. She was excited; she had never stepped out of Kanpur before. “My husband’s friend had promised us 40 lakh. We dreamt of a ‘pakka’ house, a good education for our children, and even some savings to help us through illnesses.
In life, women show a large heart in donating organs to their blood relations, while in death, men are major donors of life giving organs, studies have indicated.
On Monday, as the state health minister boasted about how Tamil Nadu has secured awards for organ donation consecutively for four year, the statistics published by Transtan, a body that coordinates cadaver organ donations, shows the number is dipping.
It is no longer just doctors and NGOs, but now even corporate houses have begun spreading the altruistic message of organ donation. The employee calendar in many companies now boasts of awareness talks, special drives to sign donor pledges or awareness walks and seminars.
A panel of medical experts has drafted guidelines to tackle the ambiguity over declaring brain deaths in the paediatric age group, particularly among neonates and infants. The proposed rules state that a baby born after 37 weeks of gestation can be declared brain dead and considered for organ
The Indian youth's sense of altruism and love for social action are emerging as the mainstay of the country's organ donation and transplant programme. Not only do youth in the 18 to 30 age group make up for 60% of the people who pledge to donate organs (see box), almost 80% of the deceased donors are from the 18 to 40 age bracket.
