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 …
A 14-year-old class 10 student from Surat, Dharmik Ajaybhai Kakadiya became the first person in Gujarat whose organs were donated by his family when he himself was on a waiting list for a kidney transplant at the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation. For the first time in the country, a multiple organ donation such as heart, lungs, liver, corneas, …
