Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1994‘Donors are less; demand much more’Numbers and the need: Every year, 1.5 lakh Indians need either transplantation or dialysis Just 3,500-4 ,000 kidney transplants performed annually in India. In Mumbai, 18 cadaver kidney transplants done in 2012, but 2,250 have registered 800 liver transplants done annually; 10% are from cadavers
Buzz around body parts : Lot needs to be done in India. The lack of a national registry, says Dr Umesh Oza, secretary of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, means there's no knowledge of how many transplants have been done. Cherian says it's time there was an all-India data base of donors. Examples can be gleaned from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network of the US or UK Transplant Centre . "Co-ordination between hospitals will reduce the demand-supply burden.
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Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1994
‘Donors are less; demand much more’
Numbers and the need: Every year, 1.5 lakh Indians need either transplantation or dialysis Just 3,500-4 ,000 kidney transplants performed annually in India. In Mumbai, 18 cadaver kidney transplants done in 2012, but 2,250 have registered 800 liver transplants done annually; 10% are from cadavers
Buzz around body parts : Lot needs to be done in India. The lack of a national registry, says Dr Umesh Oza, secretary of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, means there's no knowledge of how many transplants have been done. Cherian says it's time there was an all-India data base of donors. Examples can be gleaned from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network of the US or UK Transplant Centre . "Co-ordination between hospitals will reduce the demand-supply burden.
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