Minister for Finance and Health T. Harish Rao on the National Organ Donation Day celebrations at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad on Sunday.
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Health Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday felicitated the households of organ donors at Gandhi Medical College on the event of National Organ Donation Day. The Minister honoured households of 162 individuals who donated their organs and saved the lives of others.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Harish Rao mentioned, “Organ donors are the real heroes. It is a noble gesture to save others’ lives even while losing their family members. Such families are an inspiration to many. Many people get a re-birth after organ donation; even though they are not alive, their organs give life to others. One donor can save the lives of eight persons. Knowing this fact, I urge all the people to come forward and pledge their organs for donation. Be it government or private hospitals, Telangana is the best performing State across the whole country in terms of organ donation. After the ‘Jeevandan’ scheme was launched by the State government, officials from States like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, Odisha and Karnataka along with the Central government have started the policy. Through the scheme, which was started in 2013, till now 1,142 donations have been made from brain-dead people and a total of 4,316 organs collected and transplanted to those in need. While the country’s overall donation rate is 0.6 percent per 10 lakh people, it is 5.08 percent per 10 lakh people in Telangana. As of this year, Telangana tops the list with 179 organ donations, followed by Gujarat at 126, Karnataka at 114 and Maharashtra at 80.”
Even after that, there are nonetheless 3,180 recipients registered on Jeevandan from throughout the State who’re ready for organs. The authorities is taking every kind of measures to ensure they obtain the organs on time and their lives are saved. In districts, if an individual is asserted mind lifeless, then the federal government if wanted will present helicopter providers both to carry the affected person to Hyderabad for organ donation or ship specialists there and extract the organs to carry it again to Hyderabad. Mr. Harish Rao additionally mentioned that quickly an organ transplant centre shall be arrange at GandhI Hospital, for which the federal government has spent about ₹ 35 crore, the tender course of has been accomplished and throughout the subsequent 5-6 months the centre shall be operational. To additional encourage organ donation, the federal government is considering of offering free admissions to the kids of the donors in State residential faculties and allotting 2-bedroom homes to those that don’t have properties. The authorities will quickly act on this.