World Organ Donation Day 2025: What you should know about organ pledging, process, and impactWorld Organ Donation Day, observed annually on August 13, aims to raise awareness about organ donation's life-saving potential and honor do...
13 Aug, 2025, 09.48 AM IST
Centre has adopted 'One Nation, One Policy' for organ, tissue transplant: Health officialThe Indian government is implementing a 'One Nation, One Policy' approach for organ donation and transplantation. This includes enhancing i...
30 Aug, 2024, 05.43 PM IST
New data reveals why patients from the US and UK are flocking to India for organ transplantsIn 2023, India conducted 1,851 organ transplants for foreign nationals, accounting for nearly 10% of all transplants. The majority of these...
04 Aug, 2024, 11.09 AM IST
Digital database of organ donors on cards for smooth transplantsThe register will serve as a single platform with Aadhaar authenticated data for all donors and patients waiting for organ transplant to en...
04 Apr, 2024, 12.07 AM IST
In Odisha, organ donors' funeral to be held with full state honoursOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces an initiative granting full state honors at the funeral of organ donors, aiming to raise awa...
16 Feb, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
Niti Aayog working towards making India more organ donation-friendly; Rules may be easedOrgan donation and transplantation is governed by Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (amended in 2014) under National Or...
04 Sep, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
Govt taking steps to increase organ donation in the country, says Mansukh MandaviyaOver 15,000 organ donations are now made annually in the country as compared to 5,000 in 2013, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said...
03 Aug, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
Structural reforms in offing in organ donation, transplant sector: Health Minister Mansukh MandaviyaAccording to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the number of total organ transplants in the country has substantially increased fr...
03 May, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
To make everybody donate every bodyThe prime minister's appeal to people to register as organ donors is an important intervention. Studies have found that India's total organ...
27 Mar, 2023, 11.23 PM IST
Varun Gandhi to bring private member bill for registration of all adult citizens as organ donorsThe 'Donation and Transplantation of Human Organ Bill, 2020' is likely to be introduced by Varun Gandhi in the upcoming monsoon session of ...
13 Aug, 2020, 02.21 PM IST
Organ donation on your mind? It is tougher than you thinkMake sure you follow the right procedure for organ donation and keep your family informed about your wish.
22 Aug, 2017, 11.34 AM IST
IMA launches campaign, to send text alerts to its members for organ donationAccording to data, 200,000 people are wait-listed for kidneys in India and 30,000 await a liver, legal donations meet about 3 to 5 per cent...
12 Jan, 2017, 02.28 PM IST
Government issues draft guidelines for kidney donationThe government today issued draft guidelines for allocating criteria for kidney donation from deceased source, a move aimed at easing rules...
01 Jan, 2016, 08.03 PM IST
Who can donate organs in India, when and howFor organ recipients, a transplant often means a second chance at life. Vital organs such as the heart, pancreas, liver, kidneys and lungs ...
02 Aug, 2015, 10.35 AM IST
Indian Medical Association to create organ donors's registry in KeralaThe registry will contain the consent letters of those willing to donate their organs and their health status along with other details.
17 Apr, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
- China beats India to launch its national online donor registry
Globally, several registries are set up simultaneously to track the organ transplantation systems to ensure ethical and safety norms as rec...
12 Aug, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
Give your heart away: India learnt to donate blood, it must do the same with liver, kidneys, lungs and heartThe new Transplantation of Human Organs Act aimed to stop organ trading and to make transplantation affordable for the poor and middle clas...
09 Aug, 2014, 12.55 PM IST