Transplants So Far

Performance Report : From Oct 2008 to Dec 31, 2011
Donors From TN 223
Heart 36
Lung 5
Liver 200
Kidney 415
Total Major organs 656
Heart Valve 274
Cornea 345
Skin 1
Total Organs 1276
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Single Lung Transplant in Tamil Nadu

Single Lung Transplant in Tamil Nadu

Live and let live is the mantra

In Tamil Nadu, the deceased donor rate is 1.3 per million people, while the India average is 0.5 to 0.8 per million people Due to its ‘presumed consent’ policy, Spain’s deceased donor rate is 34 to 36 per million people.  Anybody who is declared brain dead is considered a donor, irrespective of family wishes [...]

The leader is losing it, or is it?

From Deccan Chronicle 12/12/2011

ANANI SAMPATH | DC CHENNAI, DEC. 11 Tamil Nadu has an impres- sive record in cadaver organ transplant. So much so, that the rest of India looks up to and wants to emulate it in this field of humanity. Most other states want to achieve Tamil Nadu’s deceased donor rate of [...]

State organ registry to compile data on transplants

From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/State-organ-registry-to-compile-data-on-transplants/articleshow/11026573.cms

CHENNAI: Last week, when the country observed the national organ donation week, many states planned to emulate the Tamil Nadu model. But experts say the state still has a long way to go as many people continue to die for want of organs.

This year, the state cadaver organ registry will conduct two [...]

State plans TN model for cadaver donation in Maharashtra

From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/State-plans-TN-model-for-cadaver-donation-in-Maha/articleshow/10977147.cms

MUMBAI: Taking a leaf out of Tamil Nadu’s health programme, the state government will soon roll out a plan to boost cadaveric organ donation in Maharashtra.

From seeking audits of brain-stem death patients in hospitals to sensitizing the police, state authorities on Saturday prepared a wish list in order to increase cadaver donations. [...]

Maharashtra Keen On Importing Ideas From Successful Tamil Nadu Model

by Malathy Iyer | From TNN

In a bid to increase organ don at i o n , the Maharashtra government is planning to adopt what is increasingly being called across the country as the Tamil Nadu model. The southern state has managed to increase organ donation by deceased donor or brain-dead donors in the [...]

The Great Kidney Bazaar

From http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111113/jsp/7days/story_14743553.jsp

West Bengal has become a hub of trade in human kidneys — so much so that kidney transplant patients from other parts of India and even abroad are flocking to Calcutta in search of organs for sale. Hemchhaya De investigates the nexus among touts, hospitals and even doctors that’s fuelling the trade

Tamil Nadu is a role model for the organ donation in India.

“Involve police closely in organ transplantation”

From http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2402456.ece

Meenakshi Mission Hospital holds organ donation awareness programme

pledge: K. Magudapathy, Assistant Commissioner of Police (traffic), addressing an awareness programme at Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre in Madurai on Friday. Photo: G.Moorthy

Medical personnel must liaise closely with the police department regarding organ transplantation as they could provide immense help, said [...]

Brain dead labourer’s organs harvested

From http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/28/stories/2011042862830600.htm

CHENNAI: When the parents of 18-year-old Rambabu agreed to donate his organs after he was declared brain dead, they hesitantly asked the transplant co-ordinator if the hospital could arrange to take a picture of him. They said they had none.

Rambabu, a daily wage earner from Bihar, had come to Chennai only 10 [...]