Ahmedabad: In the past half a month, the country recorded more than seven organ contributions taken from the corpse.
While the corpse donation was beaten by Covid-19 in 2020, the whole year has recorded 36 donations like that.
In comparison, the first six months of 2021 have witnessed 25 donations or 70% of last year’s donation.
Dr.
Propanjal Modi, Deputy Chancellor Sciences Transplanting Universitas Gujarat (Guts) and Organizational Organizators Organ & Network Transplantation (Sotto), said that the decrease in Covid-19 cases had resulted in an increase in donations.
“All donations are carried out very carefully and follow the Covid protocol.
Each donation reduces dependence on living donors.
To promote a dead-organ donation, we have launched an online donor card in Gujarati where residents can scan the QR code or fill out the link and provide their details To get a card, “said Dr.
Modi.
“This is not only to ensure the person’s approval, but also educate them about the processes involved such as brain death and incompatibility in it.” Sotto data shows that 54% of liver is taken transplanted from the country.
In the past half a year, a total of 11 hearts were taken from which five were transplanted in the country, while others went to patients in Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi and Hyderabad.
Likewise, 14 lungs were taken, all of which were sent to other centers through Rotto and Notto because the state did not have a lung transplant program so far.
NILESH MANDLEWALA, Founder of the Letter-based Donut Life Foundation, said that the pandemic was definitely a major challenge, but with normal returns, contributions also increased.
“Recently, the patient’s lungs from a letter were transplanted on a woman in Maharashtra whose lungs were truly damaged by Covid-19 infection.
Needing hours is to create awareness about protocols at all levels, establish a reliable system for Relatives of patients dead brain, and coordination such as clockwise among institutions if organs are sent outside the country, “he said.