Aurangabad: The number of non-transplant organ capture centers (NTORCs) to facilitate corporate organ donations will soon rise in Maharashtra if everything goes according to the official plan.
The Ministry of Health of the State Public has formed a special task force to improve organ donation movements.
According to the official record, the entire Marathwada, consisting of eight districts, only has 10 NTORC – eight in Aurangabad and two in Nanded.
Dr.
Sudhir Kulkarni, President of the Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee (ZTCC) for Marathwada, said that the increase in the number of NTORC would provide a big boost to the movement of organ donations.
“A broad NORCS network will help organ harvest from the patient’s dead brain.
In the absence of such tissue, the patient’s dead brain needs to be transported to the available centers and it spends time and is not recommended.
Organ transportation taken is always easier than transportation Patients die brain, “he said.
Welcoming the formation of a special task force, ZTCC officials said all target running countries and private hospitals must take proactive steps to evolve as NTORCs.
The Task Force of 15 members has also received a target of increasing the number of corporate organ contributions to 260 in the current year and 600 the next time.
“Maharashtra has been at the forefront of the corpse organ donation movement since 2019.
However, this movement is mostly limited to larger cities such as Mumbai and Pune with a lower percentage in other cities.
Special task units have been formed with goals To eliminate a misunderstanding among family members from the deceased and overcome the scarcity of labor and infrastructure, “SD Mahadeshwar, additional secretaries with the Ministry of Public Health, said.
The task force, which has the Minister of Health Public Health as President of Ex-Officio, has representation of different stakeholders, including organ organizations transplantation and state networks (Soto) and ZTCC authorities along with specialists from private hospitals.
“The deadlining donation movement has been hit since the Covid-19 outbreak because the norms are tightly framed given the security of the recipient and others.
We hope the movement will get the desired momentum with the formation of a special task force,” Kulkarni said.