U.P. still in single digits in cadaver transplants
3 days, 12 hours ago

U.P. still in single digits in cadaver transplants

Hindustan Times  

When it comes to organ transplants, especially kidney and liver, Uttar Pradesh is several rungs down the ladder than Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra and many southern states. Strictly speaking of cadaver allografts, Gujarat reported 252 and 152, Chandigarh 78, Maharashtra 162 and 92, and Andhra Pradesh 52 transplants in 2022, the records showed. While other states have made significant strides in promoting cadaver donations, implementing effective organ transplant programmes and encouraging people to register as organ donors have been a challenge for Uttar Pradesh, despite its large population. In Lucknow alone, over 500 kidney patients are facing life-threatening situations as they await transplants at prominent hospitals such as PGI, KGMU, and Lohia, hospital records showed.

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Severe organ shortage leaves most kidney failure patients in Delhi without transplants
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Severe organ shortage leaves most kidney failure patients in Delhi without transplants

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Every year, thousands of Indians suffer from kidney failure clinging to the hope of a transplant, but for many, that hope fades with time. With long waiting lists, a severe shortage of cadaver organ donors, and financial barriers, a large number of patients die before ever receiving a transplant. Less than 2% of kidney patients in Delhi hospitals …

With 15 transplants in 24 months, RGGGH’s cadaveric liver transplant programme picks up pace
1 month ago

With 15 transplants in 24 months, RGGGH’s cadaveric liver transplant programme picks up pace

The Hindu  

From nil liver transplants two years ago, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, the State’s largest government hospital, has gone on to perform 15 deceased donor liver transplants so far, with a 100% survival rate. The Memorandum of Understanding between the State government and Rela Hospital, signed in 2022, to perform liver transplants and simultaneously train teams, along with the setting …

Chandigarh leads northern India in organ transplants at govt hospitals
2 months, 1 week ago

Chandigarh leads northern India in organ transplants at govt hospitals

Hindustan Times  

In 2024, Chandigarh emerged as the leader in organ transplantation surgeries at government hospitals in northern India, performing 320 surgeries at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, data by the Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation reveals. Out of the total 2,334 organ transplants performed in northern India last year, a significantly higher 71% occurred in private …

Kerala sees sharp drop in cadaver organ donations
4 months 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. …

Rise in demand for organ transplants, 3,697 patients in queue
9 months, 1 week ago

Rise in demand for organ transplants, 3,697 patients in queue

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The number of patients waiting for organ transplants in Andhra Pradesh is gradually increasing. In absence of suitable organ donors, patients have to rely on long-term treatments, and unfortunately, many lives are lost due to lack of timely organ transplants. Jeevandan coordinator, Dr K. Rambabu, told Deccan Chronicle, “Currently, 2,508 patients have applied for kidneys, 1,111 for liver, 65 …

KLE Society hospital clocks a dozen liver transplants in a year
1 year ago

KLE Society hospital clocks a dozen liver transplants in a year

The Hindu  

Doctors at KLE Society’s Prabhakar Kore Hospital have successfully conducted 12 liver transplants in a year. The hospital has a robust team of transplant coordinators led by Geeta S. Desai and Basavaraj Majati motivating families of brain dead patients for organ donation. The transplant surgeries were possible due to the continuous and dedicated effort of the liver transplant team led …

Expert calls for more awareness on organ donation to save lives of kidney patients
1 year 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. …

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust
1 year, 7 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. …

Increase in number of live organ transplants raises alarm
1 year, 8 months ago

Increase in number of live organ transplants raises alarm

Live Mint  

The union health ministry has directed all states and union territories to furnish the latest and timely records of transplants of organs from living persons after data reported by their licensing authorities set alarm bells ringing. According to data received by the Centre there were 15,561 organ transplants last year, out of which only 2,765 were from deceased donors, pointing …

Transplantation best solution for people with end stage liver failure, says expert
1 year, 11 months ago

Transplantation best solution for people with end stage liver failure, says expert

The Hindu  

Senior liver transplant surgeon and founder of South Asian Liver Institute Prof. Dr. Tom Cherian said liver transplantation is the optimal treatment solution for patients with advanced liver failure. Speaking at a press conference held here on Saturday on the occasion of the completion of six months since the inauguration of the Manipal-South Asian Liver Unit in collaboration with Manipal …

India saw record over 15,000 organ transplants in 2022: Union Health Secretary
2 years, 1 month ago

India saw record over 15,000 organ transplants in 2022: Union Health Secretary

The Hindu  

India has witnessed a fast resurgence in organ transplant activities post COVID-19 and, for the first time, achieved more than 15,000 transplants a year in 2022, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on February 19. Along with this, there was an annual increase of 27% in the transplant numbers, Mr. Bhushan said at the “National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation …

DC Edit | Make organ transplants simpler
2 years, 1 month 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 …

City’s first cadaver donation of 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

City’s first cadaver donation of 2023

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: While the new year celebrations turned into a nightmare for a Bhandup family after their 32-year-old newly married son landed up in the hospital brain dead after diving in the swimming pool, his wife donated his heart and two kidneys on January 6 and gave new life to others. In Mumbai, as per ZTCC, 3325 patients are waiting for …

Free organ transplants in Karnataka touch century mark
2 years, 5 months ago

Free organ transplants in Karnataka touch century mark

The Hindu  

Karnataka’s Organ Transplantation scheme reached a milestone on October 13 when the free organ transplants touched the century mark. The 100 patients from below the poverty line families, who have undergone free organ transplants, have also got a total of 726 cycles of free immunosuppressive medication under the scheme since its inception in 2019. Launched in 2019 As organ transplants …

Tamil Nadu to accelerate cadaver organ transplantation programme
2 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu to accelerate cadaver organ transplantation programme

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu, a forerunner in cadaver organ donation, is on a mission to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced slump. The waiting list for different organs in Tamil Nadu was about 7,000 and the State was making efforts to accelerate cadaver organ donation and transplantation, said Health Minister Ma. The current waiting list was 6,483 for kidney, 380 for liver, 43 …

Explained | The process of organ transplants from a deceased donor
2 years, 10 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 …

In post-Covid-19 Bihar, kidney transplants pick up amid fears of infection
3 years, 11 months ago

In post-Covid-19 Bihar, kidney transplants pick up amid fears of infection

Hindustan Times  

Kidney transplants are gradually gathering momentum in Bihar after a gap of nearly six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Doctors had put on hold all such procedures given the high probability of infection among patients on immunosuppressive drugs.. Bihar reported 12 kidney transplants in the last six months at the four facilities approved by the health department. “These were …

In 22 years, Mumbai saw 734 kidney transplants from cadavers: ZTCC data
6 years ago

In 22 years, Mumbai saw 734 kidney transplants from cadavers: ZTCC data

Hindustan Times  

The zonal transplant coordination committee, a group set up in 1997, has so far helped 734 patients with end-stage kidney disease undergo cadaveric transplants, according to the data provided by its members, ahead of the World Kidney Day on March 14. Experts said Mumbai can easily reach the donation rate achieved by countries such as Spain, Portugal or Belgium. Survival …

Organ transplant racket rocks Tamil Nadu: Foreigners given priority over Indians
6 years, 9 months ago

Organ transplant racket rocks Tamil Nadu: Foreigners given priority over Indians

Op India  

According to a report published in The Hindu, an organ transplant racket has surfaced in Tamil Nadu. According to the reports, foreigners got about 25% of all heart transplants and 33% of lung transplants in the last year. Prof. Vimal Bhandari, the Director of National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization, first talked about the possibility of an organ transplant trade …

Organ donations save seven lives
7 years, 6 months ago

Organ donations save seven lives

The Hindu  

Mumbai: Two back-to-back cadaver organ donations in the city gave a new lease of life to seven critically-ill patients on Thursday. Relatives of John Abraham, a 35-year-old train accident victim admitted to the BMC-run Sion Hospital, agreed to donate his heart, kidneys and liver, while the family of 53-year-old Jayantilal Gada, a brain haemorrhage patient admitted to Hinduja Hospital, donated …

Latest organ transplantation rules suggest preferring Indians over foreigners
10 years, 2 months ago

Latest organ transplantation rules suggest preferring Indians over foreigners

India TV News  

New Delhi: In an attempt to prevent misuse of organs used for transplant, the government has mandated that allocation of organs be made in a specified sequence giving preference to Indians over foreigners. In a letter addressed to health secretary Lov Verma, Indian Medical Association said, "Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014 are now been implemented and the …

A.P’s own cadaver transplantation programme by month-end
10 years, 2 months ago

A.P’s own cadaver transplantation programme by month-end

The Hindu  

Cadaver transplantation is set to receive a big boost in Andhra Pradesh with scheduled launch of the programme at NTR University of Health Sciences later this month. The Government has cleared the decks for establishment of the Appropriate Authority for Cadaver Transplantation under the A.P Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1995 at NTRUHS and appointed its Vice-Chancellor T. Ravi Raju …

Tamil Nadu improves on cadaver donation
11 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu improves on cadaver donation

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu, the acknowledged leader of cadaver transplant programme in the country, manages to find inspiration from patients to mark new milestones every year. In 2013, the programme bettered it’s own past record substantially, establishing stronger networks and facilitating more cadaver transplant surgeries than ever before. “Many new hospitals are enthusiastic to get more organs to help patients,” J. Amalorpavanathan, …

A costly ‘lifeline’ this
12 years, 2 months ago

A costly ‘lifeline’ this

The Hindu  

Jeevandan, which was launched amid much fanfare to create a large pool of organs of deceased donors and allot them among deserving patients, has been reduced to a scheme meant for patients who can afford costly transplantation in private hospitals. It also appears that there is no solution in sight for the poor needing organ transplantation as the Government teaching …

A model programme
14 years, 5 months ago

A model programme

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu's positive experience with its two-year old cadaver transplant programme has an important message for all States: strong official policy and commitment to transparency can improve the availability of vital organs to save lives. Remarkably, Tamil Nadu has made the transition from a State with rampant kidney commerce a few years ago to one with a nationally acknowledged deceased-donor …

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