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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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 [...]

State leads the way in organ transplant

From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/State-leads-the-way-in-organ-transplant/articleshow/9753131.cms

MADURAI: Tamil Nadu is a role model for other states in organ donations, according to an expert in cadaver transplantation. Speaking at an awareness programme on organ donation organised on Friday by Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre in Madurai, convenor Dr J Amalorpavanathan said that more than 200 people have donated their [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

News in Dinakaran Regarding a Cadaver Transplantation

Image courtesy : Dinakaran via Dr.Ashokan

Organ donations in TN hit 1K mark

From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Organ-donations-in-TN-hit-1K-mark/articleshow/8009545.cms

CHENNAI: The state’s organ transplant registry has crossed a milestone. Since its inception in September 2008, the registry has recorded donations of 1,008 organs and valves from more than 175 brain-dead patients. The cadaver organ registry was set up to network with hospitals across the state for organ donation.

Senior surgeons feel [...]

Grief counsellors have task cut out

From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Grief-counsellors-have-task-cut-out/articleshow/8009542.cms

CHENNAI: Key employees of a hospital are: doctors, nurses, staff — and now grief counselors. On them falls the tough job of introducing organ donation to families grieving for their dead.

As demand for organs soars, doctors are placing tremendous value on the sensitive work done by grief counselors. Many hospital managements [...]

Concerns despite rise in cadaver donations in State

From http://www.thehindu.com/health/article1078710.ece

While celebrations are in order with a 46 per cent increase in cadaver donations in Tamil Nadu, a keen look at the statistics provides good reason for why this celebration is qualified by some concerns.

While the number of organs and donors has gone up substantially, the maximum number of organs has come [...]

Hindu Editorial : 29th October 2010 : A model programme

From : http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/29/stories/2010102963791400.htm and http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article855338.ece

A model programme

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. Kidneys, livers, and hearts from brain-dead donors have provided a new [...]