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

castro — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:18:55 +0000

State leads the way in organ transplant

castro — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:41:52 +0000

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 organs between October 2008 and July 2011 in order to save the lives of others.

“As per the current cadaver transplant census report, Tamil Nadu’s contribution is about 1.3% per million donations, in 2010. The deceased donors per million population per year are that of USA -20.7 percentage, Europe 15.9 percentage, Asia-1.1 percentage including Tamil Nadu contribution is 0.8 percentages.

Tamil Nadu is the number one state in organ donation in India. However, contributions from the southern districts, have been very poor,” Amalorpavanathan said.

He also said that since all major religions are now endorsing organ donations, medical administrative officials should create more awareness programmes in southern districts. “We have created three divisions for organ donation to enable speedy transplantation of organs on the patients. While the north division covers Chennai to Vellore, south division covers Trichy to Nagercoil and the west from Vellore to Coimbatore,” he said. He told TOI that medical officers were often confused about the laws related to transplantationand that is why they were conducting awareness programmes in second-tier cites like Madurai

. “Only four persons have donated organs to patients in the past one year,” he said. Some one brain goes steam death while four doctors confirmed it and convince the family members of the deceased and taken the organs from the body for save other persons life. The 99 percentage of organs have gotten from accident victims because their brains would be gone to steam death but other organs functions have worked very well”, he said.

Dr K Samapathkumar, nephrologist said that according to the Indian Medical Tribune survey there was less than 50% overall positive response in favour of donating solid organs. “In the last 10 years, 1000 cadaver organ transplants including 900 kidney and 100 liver and heart transplants have been performed. Almost 40% of the cadaver transplants in India are done in Tamil Nadu, and its organ sharing network could become the role model for rest of the country,” he said.

Towards a greater New Year

Bruno — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:31:04 +0000

Dear All,

Let me first wish you all a very happy and much more fruitful 2011.

For the State Cadaver Transplant Program, 2010 was, indeed, a fruitful year, with the number of deceased donors increasing by 46% and major organs transplanted by 37%.over the previous year, as the provisional numbers given below show. We will soon be sending you a detailed analysis of the year’s performance. Such an awould not have been possible at all but for your active participation and full cooperation. I thank you all for this and look forward to an even more fruitful year that saves the lives of many more organ failure patients.

	Last quarter, 2008	Year 2009	Year 2010	Total
Donors	6	59	86	151

Heart	1	15	12	28
Lung	0	2	2	4
Liver	4	48	82	134
Kidney	12	118	154	284
Total Major organs	17	183	250	450

Heart Valve	4	54	118	176
Cornea	8	84	155	247
Skin	1	0	0	1
Total Organs	30	321	523	874

Regards,
Dr.J.Amalorpavanathan
Convenor, Cadaver Transplant Programme,
Govt of Tamilnadu ,Chennai

NOVEMBER 20, 2009 PIB PRESS RELEASE

Bruno — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:21:10 +0000

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Amendments in Transplantation of Human organ Act, 1994

Lok Sabha

The broad areas involving amendments to the Act are:

To rename the Act as the “Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act”;
To expand the definition of the term ‘near relatives’ to include grandparents and grandchildren;
To provide for the enucleation of corneas by a trained technician;
To enable a surgeon/physician and an anesthetist/intensivist to be included in the medical board in the event of non availability of a neurosurgeon/neurologist for certification of brain death;
To make it mandatory for the ICU/Treating Medical Staff to request relatives of brain dead patients for organ donation;
To provide for Swap Donations of organs;
To empower the Central Government to prescribe the composition of Authorisation Committees and to empower Union Territories to set up their own authorization committees;
To regulate the transplantation of organs for foreign nationals;
To prevent the exploitation of minors;
To provide for the establishment of Advisory Committees for Appropriate Authorities;
To vest in Appropriate Authorities, the power to summon persons, seek production of documents, issue search warrants etc;
To establish a National Organ Retrieval, Banking & Transplantation Network;
To provide for the development and maintenance of a national registry of the recipients of organ transplants;
To create the position of a ‘Transplant Coordinator’ in all hospitals registered for organ retrieval and or transplantation;
To provide for the registration of Non Government Organizations working in the field of organ retrieval and or transplantation in any manner whatsoever;
To enhance the penalties under the act; and
To expand the rule making powers of the Central Government.

Health is a state subject. Data regarding Organ Transplantation is not maintained centrally.

This information was given by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.