It is a novel idea to come up with
a website to register for organ transplant. Minister Rajendra Rathore launched the website www.rnos.org
on Saturday. Mohan Foundation's managing trustee, Dr. Sunil Shroff and Jaipur
Citizen Forum's Chairman, Rajiv Arora were also present at the launch. Patients
can now directly register online for their organ transplantation needs by just
visiting this website. This will enable lesser waiting time for needy patients.
The
website maintains a Toll Free Organ Donation Helpline and has specific
links to various organs, viz., kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, cornea,
cardiac valve, pancreas and multi visceral. It also specifies the
approved hospitals for transplant. It has many other useful links. Registering
on the website will make sure that organ transplant is done according to the
patients' waiting list. The patients' name gets registered for the appropriate
organ transplant and at the approved hospital.
Cadaver Organ Donation and Transplantation in India
Cadaver organ transplants in India started in 1995 and so far 600 cadaver transplants of kidneys, heart and liver have been done in India, article describes the trails, tribulations and triumphs of the programme.
The programme launched by the Government of Rajasthan is similar to that of the cadaver transplant programme run by Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is notable that both these states are at the forefront of the programme in the county. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka are the other states maintaining an organ-sharing network. Jaipur now holds the pride of being the first northern state to launch a web registry for organ transplants.
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Mohan Foundation managing trustee Dr. Sunil Shroff said, "Since diabetes and hypertension has become quite common, the cases of kidney ailments have also increased which has pushed up the demand for kidney transplant. There is a huge shortage of kidneys in comparison to the demand of kidney to be transplanted." He also stated that cadaver transplant can organ shortage can be dealt with if, all of the brain dead people donate their organs to the needy. An estimated 60 percent of 1.4 lakh accident victims every year are reported brain dead.
Source: Medindia
Younger Heart Transplant Patients Live Longer
A recent study has pointed out that heart transplant patients who receive new organs before the age of 55 live much longer than older patients receiving transplants.
 Indian Doctors Perform Asia's First Artificial Heart TransplantAn Indian hospital has successfully performed what it says is Asia's first artificial heart transplant on a 54-year-old man, the head of the institution said Thursday. | Advertisement
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