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Brain-dead organ donors
August 5 , 2025
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- Tamilnadu state honours for brain-dead organ donors impacted the transplant programme substantially.
- The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said this.
- It was lauding the proactive initiatives of the State government in achieving significant progress in the organ transplant programme.
- The Directorate-General of Health Services said 461 State honours were accorded since the announcement was made in September 2023.
- This first-of-its-kind Government Order has impacted the program substantially.
- The highest ever number of donations in Tamil Nadu occurred in 2024.
- As many as 1,500 organs and tissues were retrieved from 268 deceased donors, which was the highest from one State in one year.
- The DGHS has also referred to ‘honour walk’ for the deceased donor within the hospital campus, development of protocols for all the components of the programme, a personal note of appreciation from Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) to the centres/coordinators after every donation and periodic review at multiple levels.
- 863 major organs, 637 minor organs and tissues were retrieved the 268 donors and successfully utilised.
- For the first time, contributions from government institutions exceeded those of private hospitals (54.48% from government hospitals and 45.52% from private hospitals).
- Deceased donations happened in 26 government institutions.
- There were donations even from remote colleges like Nilgiris Medical College.
- The contributions from the Non-Transplant Organ Retrieval Centre were also impressive.
- There were 43 donations from the NTORCs, accounting for 16% of the total donations.
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