The stark reality of organ donation in Kerala: Commercial transactions and low deceased donorship
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The stark reality of organ donation in Kerala: Commercial transactions and low deceased donorship

New Indian Express  

One hiccup mentioned by medical professionals is the reluctance in declaring the brain death of a prospective donor. “There is an apathy by the doctors towards declaring a brain stem death in an ICU, leaving no opportunity for the kith and kin even to ponder a possibility of donorship,” says Dr Noble. The decision of the government to promote deceased donorship hence should keep in mind all these state-of-affairs, says Dr K Sudarshan, chairman of IMA’s suicide prevention project for doctors. This would help reduce the live donor issue to a great extent.” Also, taking better care of the families of deceased donors is important. “For this, awareness programmes should include voluntary organisations and medical fraternity to a large extent.” Sharing is usually done based on trust, and trust is what should be built, he says.

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Organ Donation in India: Bridging the Gap Between Life and Death
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Organ Donation in India: Bridging the Gap Between Life and Death

Deccan Chronicle  

With India’s vast population, the need for organ transplants is critical, yet organ donation rates remain among the lowest in the world. India’s organ donation rate is currently 0.52 per million people, compared to 35 per million in countries like Spain and 26 per million in the United States. The reasons behind India’s low organ donation rate are complex: Lack …

Kerala sees sharp drop in cadaver organ donations
1 month ago

Kerala sees sharp drop in cadaver organ donations

New Indian Express  

Over the 12-year period under review, 7,830 patients registered for transplants through the programme, but only 367 deceased donations took place, and merely 1,024 solid organs were retrieved. Many are now turning to living donors for transplants, but this leaves poorer patients at a severe disadvantage,” says Mathew Philip, chairman of the Liver Foundation of Kerala, which supports liver-transplant surgeries. …

Tamil Nadu Leads in Deceased Organ Donations, Setting a Benchmark for Other States
2 months ago

Tamil Nadu Leads in Deceased Organ Donations, Setting a Benchmark for Other States

New Indian Express  

Tamil Nadu shines as a model state in organ donation, with over 100 cadaver donations in the first 130 days of 2024. The state's commitment to organ donation is evident in its focus on transparency and inclusivity in the organ allocation process. The State Organ Donation Day is observed to promote organ donation and raise awareness about the importance of …

More potential organ donors say no, four in 10 now object
3 months, 3 weeks ago

More potential organ donors say no, four in 10 now object

Dutch News  

Some 10.6 million people have now registered their wish to donate or not donate their organs after death on the Dutch donor register, national statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. Of the total number of registrations, 1.5 million people have agreed to their organs being used to treat another person and 3.3 million have not made any choice. But 4.3 …

More potential organ donors say no, four in 10 now object
3 months, 3 weeks ago

More potential organ donors say no, four in 10 now object

Dutch News  

Some 10.6 million people have now registered their wish to donate or not donate their organs after death on the Dutch donor register, national statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. Of the total number of registrations, 1.5 million people have agreed to their organs being used to treat another person and 3.3 million have not made any choice. But 4.3 …

Visakhapatnam: Rally organised to mark World Organ Donation Day
4 months, 1 week ago

Visakhapatnam: Rally organised to mark World Organ Donation Day

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam hosted a rally in recognition of World Organ Donation Day on Tuesday, aiming to raise awareness about the critical importance of organ donation. In his address, the collector stressed the urgency of dispelling myths surrounding organ donation and highlighted India's severe organ shortage, with approximately 5,00,000 patients currently on the transplant waiting list. GVMC commissioner P. Sampath Kumar …

Women show the way in living organ donation as 2023 sees highest ever transplants
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Women show the way in living organ donation as 2023 sees highest ever transplants

The Hindu  

Women led the way in living organ donation, offering patients suffering from end-stage organ failure a new lease of life. Releasing the data, the Health Ministry said there was a need to promote organ donation from deceased persons to address the huge organ requirement, with increasing cases of non-communicable and lifestyle diseases leading to a high number of patients suffering …

Organ Donation Camp Till August 15 in Visakhapatnam
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Organ Donation Camp Till August 15 in Visakhapatnam

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: An organ donation initiative organised by the All India Body and Donors Association is taking place in Visakhapatnam till August 15. Prasad urged the community to overcome misconceptions and participate in organ donation to save lives. He expressed concern over the loss of lives due to delayed donor responses, noting that in the past five years, 90,000 individuals in …

Deceased organ donations decline despite demand, Veena george tells assembly
6 months ago

Deceased organ donations decline despite demand, Veena george tells assembly

New Indian Express  

While legislators shared their concerns on the organ mafia and the procedures involved in live donor organ transplantation, Veena said scrutiny is on to check for the presence of unscrupulous elements and involvement of money. Relatives of patients come to know about a donor only when hospitals certify and notify brain stem death,” said K-SOTTO executive director Dr Noble Gracious. …

Kerala police ignored complaints against organ donation mafia, says activist
7 months ago

Kerala police ignored complaints against organ donation mafia, says activist

New Indian Express  

THRISSUR: Social activist and president of Santhwanam Jeevakarunya Samithi, C A Babu, alleged that the police failed to probe the complaint he filed a year ago raising suspicion regarding the mafia that was involved in the recent organ donation incidents that happened in and around Mullassery. “I came across several cases of organ donation in wards 13, 14 and 15 …

Poor identification of brain death cases impacting organ donations: Health Ministry
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Poor identification of brain death cases impacting organ donations: Health Ministry

The Hindu  

Poor identification and certification of brain stem death or brain death cases is keeping the rate of organ donations at low levels in India, despite the availability of many potential cases, the Union Health Ministry has said. Expressing concern over the rate of organ donations in the country remaining at less than one donor per million population in a year, …

Where shall the poor go for a kidney transplant in Kerala?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Where shall the poor go for a kidney transplant in Kerala?

The Hindu  

All over the world, kidney disease and kidney failure are most prevalent in the poor and economically underprivileged. Mistrust of the idea of organ donation after brain death can be ameliorated if Kerala promotes ethical, transparent and well-defined steps in organ procurement and allocation. Lack of a robust deceased donor transplantation programme promotes commercial organ purchase, which only the well-to-do …

Expert calls for more awareness on organ donation to save lives of kidney patients
9 months, 1 week ago

Expert calls for more awareness on organ donation to save lives of kidney patients

The Hindu  

On World Kidney Day on March 14, medical experts have noted that more awareness needs to be brought among people about the importance of organ donation. Andhra Pradesh has more than 2,000 kidney patients, constituting 90% of the total patients waiting for an organ transplant in the State,” said K. Rambabu, State coordinator of the Andhra Pradesh government’s Jeevandan project. …

What drives the illegal organ trade in India? | In Focus podcast
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What drives the illegal organ trade in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

From time to time, stories of the commercial dealings in organs, or cash for kidney scams, surface in the media. In December, one such possible organ racket was in the news, involving people from Myanmar, who had come to a private hospital in Delhi for transplant procedures. Organ transplants have been taking place in India since the 1970s, and after …

Health Ministry warns of possible commercial dealings in organ/tissue transplantation of foreigners in India
10 months, 1 week ago

Health Ministry warns of possible commercial dealings in organ/tissue transplantation of foreigners in India

The Hindu  

Aimed at preventing any possible commercial dealings in organ or tissue transplantation of foreigners, Health Secretary Apurva Chandra, in a written communication, alerted the Ministry of External Affairs of possible violations and asked support to establish systems for monitoring the process. The Health Ministry said many foreign nationals were coming to India for various types of organ transplantation. “A recent …

Why organ donation should be part of your estate plan
1 year, 2 months ago

Why organ donation should be part of your estate plan

Live Mint  

For Anjali Bhardwaj, a resident of Gurugram, catastrophe struck four years ago. We work with guesstimates of 500,000 individuals suffering from organ failure, with around half of them on dialysis, 150,000 suffering from liver failure and 100,000 from heart, lung and other vital organ failure,” says Jaya Jairam, project director at MOHAN Foundation, a non-profit organization that works in the …

Bringing Deceased Organ Donations on Par With Live Donations is Modi Govt’s Top Priority Now
1 year, 3 months ago

Bringing Deceased Organ Donations on Par With Live Donations is Modi Govt’s Top Priority Now

News 18  

Deceased organ donation, including those of nearly 1.5 lakh road accident victims annually, and lung donations, the need for which has gone up after Covid-19 — this is a big focus of the 15-days ‘Seva Pakhvada’ starting September 17 on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. A deceased donor can be of any age and can donate all vital organs namely …

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust
1 year, 4 months ago

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust

The Hindu  

The noblest of acts, arguably, is the donation of organs post-brain death, to aid transplantation of organs; no less significant is a living donor transplant. With a waiting list of over three lakh patients and at least 20 persons dying each day waiting for an organ, India’s paucity of organ donations, especially deceased donations, has been exacting a steep toll. …

Organ shortage continues to cost lives
1 year, 4 months ago

Organ shortage continues to cost lives

The Hindu  

With a waiting list of over three lakh patients and at least 20 persons dying each day waiting for an organ, India’s paucity of organ donations, especially deceased donations, has been exacting a steep toll. Vivek Kute, secretary, Indian Society of Organ Transplants, said that India’s deceased organ donation rate has been under one donor per million population for a …

Why organ donation in India needs big reforms
1 year, 9 months ago

Why organ donation in India needs big reforms

India Today  

Organ donation in India is in the throes of change. In a major tweak on February 14 to the organ donation policy, the Union health ministry said that hereafter there will be no age bar to register for cadaver organ transplant. The Union health ministry has also directed states against charging any registration fees from patients awaiting organ transplant. There …

DC Edit | Make organ transplants simpler
1 year, 10 months ago

DC Edit | Make organ transplants simpler

Deccan Chronicle  

Every single step making organ transplants less burdensome and more inclusive is a welcome idea for two reasons. One, the demand for organ transplant is increasing by the day, and two, advancements in medical science have made the process less risky for both the donor and the recipient. As per government data, a total of 15,561 organ transplants took place …

Nepal’s ‘Organ-ised Scam’: They Traded Kidney for Better Life, Got Med, Legal Hassles Instead
2 years ago

Nepal’s ‘Organ-ised Scam’: They Traded Kidney for Better Life, Got Med, Legal Hassles Instead

News 18  

As Parvati Parihar winds up her household chores, she steps out of her shanty to rest on a charpai, where the youngest of her four daughters is lying half asleep. Eight years later, my younger brother sold his kidney as we needed the money and then my wife, too, did the same two years ago," Ramkumar said. Dr Anup Kumar, …

World Heart Day: Doctors urge people to donate organs, highlight shortage
2 years, 2 months ago

World Heart Day: Doctors urge people to donate organs, highlight shortage

Firstpost  

As per National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation, five lakh people in India need organ donation every year, which is why, there is an urgent need to increase organ donation within the country to save as many lives as possible New Delhi: Almost five lakh Indians face organ failure every year with only 2-3 per cent receiving life-saving transplant, according …

Explained | The process of organ transplants from a deceased donor
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained | The process of organ transplants from a deceased donor

The Hindu  

Given the advancements in the surgical methods we have today, organ donation and transplantation are boons to those suffering from failing organs. Recently, in Chennai, doctors successfully conducted cadaveric liver transplants from two patients whose families consented to organ donation after they were declared brain-dead. One of the main criteria for organ donation is two certifications from doctors, with an …

'No Rule That Poor People Can't Donate Organs': Kerala High Court Directs Authority To Reconsider Plea For Unrelated Kidney Transplantation
3 years, 2 months ago

'No Rule That Poor People Can't Donate Organs': Kerala High Court Directs Authority To Reconsider Plea For Unrelated Kidney Transplantation

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the poor economic background of a donor is not a bar for organ donation.It thus allowed a petition challenging the order of the District Level Authorization Committee, rejecting the application of a woman for organ donation on the ground inter alia that the donor hails from a poor family.Justice P.V. The Kerala High …

A New Lease Of Life: The Need For Reforms In India's Organ Donation Laws
3 years, 3 months ago

A New Lease Of Life: The Need For Reforms In India's Organ Donation Laws

Live Law  

Organ donation refers to the act of donating one's organs such as the heart, liver, etc. This shortfall can be overcome through reforms in India's organ donation law, the Transplantation of Human Organs and issues Act, 1994, along with measures enhancing social awareness in this regard. In this post, I shall first analyse the gaps in our current legal framework …

Let organ donation law become path breaker for communal harmony: Kerala High Court
3 years, 3 months ago

Let organ donation law become path breaker for communal harmony: Kerala High Court

India TV News  

Let the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act of 1994 become a path breaker for communal harmony and secularism so that people of different faiths and criminal backgrounds can donate their organs to the needy irrespective of caste, creed, religion or criminal antecedents, the Kerala High Court has said. The observations by Justice P V Kunhikrishnan came while setting …

Organ donation picks up in Karnataka, 14 get new lease of life
3 years, 4 months ago

Organ donation picks up in Karnataka, 14 get new lease of life

Hindustan Times  

Fourteen people got a new lease of life after the families of two patients, who were declared brain dead on Thursday, decided to donate their organs. Karnataka health minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said that steps have been taken since Covid-19 has hampered blood and organ donation in the state. To promote organ donations, on August 13, Karnataka chief …

Slight rise in cadaveric organ donations
3 years, 6 months ago

Slight rise in cadaveric organ donations

The Hindu  

Although cadaveric organ donations had almost come to a halt during the first year of the pandemic in 2020, there is a slight improvement this year. While over 5,000 patients are waiting for various organ transplants in Karnataka, there have been hardly 61 cadaveric donations since last year. Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation, which is the nodal …

BJP MP Varun Gandhi all set to introduce private member\'s bill on organ donation
4 years, 4 months ago

BJP MP Varun Gandhi all set to introduce private member\'s bill on organ donation

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi will introduce a private member's bill – Donation and Transplantation of Human Organ Bill, 2020 – promoting cadaver donation and making it compulsory for all Indian adults to be registered as organ donors unless a person opts out. Lets say even 5 percent of Indian population agrees to donate their organs and tissues, the …

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