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Sushma Swaraj Discharged From AIIMS

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who underwent a kidney transplant on December 10, was on Monday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the hospital announced.

Improve Standard Of Organ Transplantation To Save Lives: Health Minister

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda stressed on the critical need for strengthening infrastructure and improving human resources for organ retrieval and transplantation.

Celebrities Who Have Pledged Support For Organ Donation

Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, the campaign ambassador for NDTV- Fortis More To Give, has been vocal about his opinions regarding organ donation. “There is possibility and there are challenges,” the actor said regarding the campaign.

A Case For Presumed Consent For Harvesting Of Organs

When it comes to an organ donation policy, the world is generally split between two approaches— the ‘opt-in’ and the ‘opt-out’ system. India has adopted the opt-in system where the emphasis is on ‘encouraged voluntarism’ or individuals (or their families) making their intention to donate their organs known in an act of exceptional altruism.

Organ Donation: The Need Of The Hour

The decision to donate organs is a life-saving one helping people in dire need of transplants. These people are hanging by threads of hope – the hope of a new organ; the hope of living a wholesome life; the hope of not dying.