Bring back the Cadaver – Organ Donation
March 1st, 2008
“I understand it is not easy for the living to donate a kidney; but then why is the government not encouraging transplants from cadavers,’ asks esrd patient Nozeer H Canteenwala. This aspect of the problem has been obscured in the media spotlight over illegal organ trade. Most doctors believe that cadaver organ transplants hold the key to change.
“When the organ trade act came into effect in 1994, the focus was on banning trade in human organs and setting up of a system for cadaver donations. After the Amit Kumar expose, the media has been concentrating on illegal organ trade. But what about a control mechanism?’
asks Rana of the Indian Society of Nephrologists. Continue reading »
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