With organ donation still dominated by private hospitals, unaffordable costs often result in people from rural areas unable to secure organs for transplant
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India has only 301 hospitals that can perform organ transplantation which means there exist only one hospital equipped for organ transplantation and retrieval for around 43 lakh people. But lack of infrastructure is only one of the issues hampering organ donation in India.
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As of date, not even a single Cadaver Donation has taken place in all the eight states of North Eastern region. Though the state performs transplant from living donors, like kidney, lung or cornea however, there is no data to show the number of such organ transplants in the region. Experts say currently, North Eastern regions are at the starting phase of organ donation which is education and awareness
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Organ recipients continue to wait in the dark post enrollment in organ transplant waiting lists, as availability of organs compared to number of recipients is drastically low
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From getting registered as an organ donor, getting onto the transplant list, transportation of an organ from one place to another to aspects like who gets what organ there are several protocols that hospitals and authorities in-charge have to follow
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A planned fund set up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will cover educational and medical expenses of families of deceased donor members but, is this good idea?
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