All brain deaths in the state must be certified, said Kerala Health Minister. Not reporting brain deaths is the reason for fewer cases of organ donation, the minister added. Kerala Health Minister was speaking at a three-day training program for an organ transplant in Thiruvananthapuram. The minister also added that a large community of people were waiting to receive organs.
They had to be given life and therefore, there must be awareness around the issue. The minister was speaking at a 3-day ‘transplant procurement manager’ training program held in Thiruvananthapuram by Spain-based Transplant Procurement Management Donation and Transplant Institute in association with Kerala Network for Organ sharing (KNOS). As several issues were being raised about brain death, it should be confirmed only in the presence and under the supervision of a doctor, the government had ordered. Further brain…
