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Roundtable at ISOT 2006, Ahmedabad, seeking solutions to promote cadaver organ transplantation in India
Ahmedabad, October 9, 2006: Indian society for organ transplantation has its annual meeting, ISOT 2006 in Ahmedabad. In a group discussion, leading surgeons from around the country came together to deliberate on ways to promote cadaveric (or deceased) organ donation and transplantation in the country. With the donation of cadaveric organs be as low as 0.05 per million inhabitants, public education and medicine has been emphasized that the response.
transplantation of human organs to save human lives and improves a number suffer from many forms of organ failure at the terminal stage. Today, transplantation is the main form of treatment for several debilitating diseases. With this success, however, has come increasing demand for organ donation. deceased organ donors can donate their organs after having declared brain dead. Brain death occurs when the brain is no longer supplied with blood and stops working.Without blood, brain cells die in the beginning and can not be replaced. There is no chance of recovery after the brain ceases to function. Breakdown of machines in an intensive care unit (ICU) may prevent blood flowing to the rest of the brain dead body, thus maintaining their bodies.Depending on age and organ function, organ donors dead can donate their heart, lungs, pancreas, liver and kidneys.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Sunil Shroff (Mohan Foundation, Chennai) said: "We appreciate the eye donation campaign in Gujarat. Donors in Gujarat number between 4000 and 5000 of the 16,000 donations in the country. The key now is to focus on searching for many organs. In addition, the bodies must be treated as a national resource. We need to form a strong network of Indian and Gujarat application to join the Indian Network for Organ Sharing facilitated by Mohan Foundation. "
Today, transplantation of human organs has become the treatment of choice for many terminal illnesses. Dr. HL Trivedi (Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre, Ahmedabad), "There is an urgent need to establish a National Transplant Organization, which should be managed by a small group of committed medical staff."
According to Dr Aarti Vij, (ORBO, New Delhi), "The need of the hour is to increase the donor. It is a sociocultural phenomenon and it is even becoming a standard. If the program is launched, we need to build momentum through broad public awareness. "
Dr Mohammed Real (UK), said: "One of the major issues in India today, in the promotion of cadaveric organ donation is that the medical profession must work as a team. Moreover, the infrastructure in hospitals must be improved. Public and work |
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