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.
In a rare but heart-warming case of organ donation, a 40-day-old infant gave a fresh lease of life to two four-month-old babies suffering from congenital heart disease.