The government also awarded the best performing state, best NGO, best transplant coordinator and best hospitals and institutes who are working in the area of organ donation.
In a bid to promote organ donation, Union ministry of health and family welfare has decided to provide financial assistance under the National Organ Transplant Programme (NOTP) for hiring transplant coordinators in hospitals and trauma centres.
Meanwhile, the government also awarded the best performing state, best NGO, best transplant coordinator and best hospitals and institutes who are working in the area of organ donation.
There is a huge gap between demand and supply of human organs for transplants and it is no secret. The government, however, is pressing hard to increase donation of cadaver organs to bridge the gap and save the lives people suffering from end-stage organ failure.
The government also has given more autonomy to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) by making it a registered society. All information regarding organ donation are available on NOTTO's website. Also, a 24x7 call centre with toll free helpline number (1800114770) and National Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplant Registry have been launched.
In 2015, till date, 40 cadaver donations have taken place and most of them from private hospitals. In 2014, too, KEM Hospital in Parel was the only public hospital in Mumbai to contribute to cadaver donation. As transplant is the only cure for patients with organ failure, health experts feel brain death should also be recognised and donations should be promoted.
According to the directive given to the hospitals, they have been advised to display boards outside Intensive Care Units (ICU)and other strategic locations in hospitals reminding that the law requires the doctor on duty, transplant coordinator, counsellor to make inquiry and request for organ donation from the family members of brain dead persons.
"This is a good move. I hope our health department takes initiative to recognise donor families. Also, it is high time that the government medical colleges and hospitals start reporting brain dead cases actively," said Dr Shirrang Bicchu, Nephrologist, Bombay Hospital.
In 2012, organ donation touched a figure of 26 in the city as the issue took centre stage following former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's death due to liver failure. In 2014, the city saw 41 cadaver donors that helped 107 people to get new life.
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