Tamil Nadu health department has received the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s best performance award for organ donation fourth time in a row . The state health minister, C Vijayabaskar, received the award on behalf of the health department for successful organ donation programme at the 9 th annual National Organ Day held in Delhi. So far, 6,886 organs have been harvested from 1,198 donors in the state through this programme Through the organ donation programme, Tamil Nadu health department was able to retrieve organs from more than 1,000 patients.
Following the organs theft cases in Tamil Nadu, the state brought in laws for donating organs and transplants in 2008. The Transplant Authority, Government of Tamil Nadu (Transtan ), maintains a register of patients in hospitals and allows organs of brain-dead patients to deserving patients who are fighting for survival. Transtan…
