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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Bone donation
New Delhi: Bone donation is yet to catch up among Indians.Though globally,bone is the second most commonly transplanted tissue after blood,not many Indians have come forward to pledge their bones.This is taking a toll on the country's only fullfledged bone bank at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Since its inception in 1999,the bank has recorded just about 13 cadaver donations.This year,till September,the bank has received just two donations while in 2010,it received one and in 2009,none.
According to Dr Malhotra,professor of orthopedics at AIIMS,in the last five years,the bank has received just nine donations.He told TOI: We are facing an acute shortage of bones.Lack of awareness is a major problem...
Read More@Times of India
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 12:51 AM

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