June marked a record in cadaver transplants in Tamil Nadu with a total of 21 donations, said Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar.

Mr. Baskar was speaking at a two-day national-level meeting of all Regional as well as State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisations under the National Organ Transplant Programme being held in the city.

“We are also planning to increase facilities for transplants in major medical college hospitals in the State. Our priority is to ensure the poorest of the poor can access transplants,” Mr. Baskar said.

He added that a total of 4,584 organs from 820 donors have been donated in the State so far.

Sudhir Gupta, additional deputy director general of health services said that the demand for organs continued to remain high because of non-communicable diseases.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai / by Special Correspondent / Chennai – June 30th, 2016