Green corridors save lives in two organ transplant operations
A green corridor was created to rush a donor heart 95 km from PGIMS Rohtak to Delhi in 63 minutes, enabling a transplant on a 47-year-old man with advanced heart failure. The…
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Over 61,000 patients wait as India’s kidney transplants fall far short
More than 61,600 patients are waiting for a kidney transplant in India, nearly five times the number of transplants performed, a parliamentary standing committee has said. India conducted 11,558 living-donor and 1,918…
India unveils national organ swap registry to boost transplants
India has introduced a national framework for organ swaps, including standard operating procedures and a unified registry managed by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO). The system will replace manual,…
Brain death vs coma: the critical legal and medical difference
Brain death and coma are fundamentally different conditions, though both involve severe unconsciousness. A coma is a state of profound unconsciousness with some remaining brain activity and brainstem functions, patients may breathe…
India hit record 18,911 organ transplants in 2024 but donor gap persists
India performed 18,911 organ transplants in 2024, including 3,403 from deceased donors, according to the Ministry of Health's annual report. The country is now the world's third-largest by total transplants and the…
Organ shortage: 5,000 in Mumbai await transplants, 4,000 dead in Telangana
Nearly 5,000 patients in Mumbai are waiting for organ transplants, but only one in ten receives a donor organ, according to the Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC). Dr S. K. Mathur, ZTCC…
Organ transplants in India hit nearly 20,000 in 2025
India recorded nearly 20,000 organ transplants in 2025, up from fewer than 5,000 in 2013, according to a February 2026 Press Information Bureau release. The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)…
India crosses 20,000 organ transplants, but donor gap persists
India performed a record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, a 6.5% increase over the previous year and a fourfold rise from 2013, according to the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO).…
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