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The health ministry is taking steps to harvest cadaver organs and tissues so that and the government will be able to regulate their supply.
Addressing an event organised by Dadhichi Deh Dan Samiti, the Minister
said that the government is in the process of changing the laws governing organ
donation and transplantation. He added that the ministry is taking steps to
harvest cadaver organs and tissues so that and the government will be able to
regulate their supply. Organ donation not only improves the quality of life and the lifespan of recipients, it may even prevent death and other critical conditions.
Anika Parashar Puri talks about obstacles to organ donation in India and the ORGAN India's approach to increasing the number of organ donor pledges in the country.TOP INSIGHT
Nadda said the changing disease profile in the country and rising
lifestyle diseases make it imperative that a system for safe, effective and
ethical donation of cadaver organs is developed at the earliest.
MOHAN Foundation has been awarded the British Medical Journal South Asia Award 2015 in the Healthcare Advocacy category for its efforts to promote organ donation.
Inspired by the training program arranged MOHAN Foundation in Chennai, Hvovi Minocherhomji, a Mumbai-based heart transplant recipient, wants to create awareness on organ donation in her home city.
Even after the demand for organ transplantation has increased rapidly all over the world, only a few countries like Spain and India have structured training programs for transplant coordinators.
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