Sunday, December 1, 2019

TN ranked best in organ transplant for fifth time
Chennai:01.12.2019

The state health department has received the best performer award in organ donation for the fifth consecutive time. State health minister C Vijayabaskar received the award for the department at the 10th annual National Organ Day held in New Delhi.

One of the recipients of the double arm transplant, Narayanaswamy, lit the lamp during the inauguration of the award ceremony. Since 2008, the state has retrieved more than 1,000 organs from brain dead patients in various government and private hospitals. Though the number of donors had come down, the state has put most organs retrieved to judicial use. Besides topping the country’s list for maximum number of heart and lung transplants, the state has done pancreas, bowel and double hand transplants, health minister C Vijayabaskar said. TNN

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