PM highlights the necessity of organ donation in the country

By: Agencies | | Updated: October 25, 2015 4:24 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted the need for organ donation in the country and encouraged people for it. Stating that there is annual need of over 2.5 lakh kidney, heart and liver donations, the prime minister said the organ donation is very important in the country . Wondering why Indians are reluctant to donate organs? Here’s you answer. Also Read - President Ram Nath Kovind says quality health for all a shared goal

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Only 5,000 successful transplants are done every year. Every year we need at least one lakh eyes. But we manage to do only 25,000 transplants. Those who die in road accidents, their organs can be donated. There are few legal formalities in this, he said in his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat . He said few states have done well in this regard by cutting short the paper work while appreciating Tamil Nadu for having done extremely well in organ donation. Here are all the rules you need to know about organ donation. Also Read - Patients receiving high risk donor hearts have better survival rates, finds study

NOTTO (Nation Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization) has been established for this purpose and a national helpline is also available, he said. A few days ago we saw how a liver transplant saved life of a hand-cart puller at Delhi’s G.P. Pant hospital. Have a question regarding organ donation? Here are 23 frequently asked questions about organ donation answered.

The prime minister made a special mention of students of Saint Mary Upper Primary School, Kochi, Kerala, who sent him a letter with the painting of ‘Mother India’ and India’s map created with finger prints. …They are carrying out public-awareness campaign for organ donation among people in their state, through various forms. These children wrote to me that I should appeal to the people to donate their organs through ‘Mann Ki Baat’, he added. Did you know you could donate your skin too?

Source: IANS

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Published : October 25, 2015 4:18 pm | Updated:October 25, 2015 4:24 pm

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