CHENNAI: On Monday, as the state health minister boasted about how Tamil Nadu has secured awards for organ donation consecutively for four year, the statistics published by Transtan, a body that coordinates cadaver organ donations, shows the number is dipping.Until now, 1,282 people have donated 7,468 organs, health minister C Vijaya Baskar said at a function organised for the organ donation week at the Stanley Medical College Hospital.

“In the last four years, we have received the best performer award from the Centre in organ donations,” he added. He was accompanied by fisheries minister D Jayakumar.But transplant surgeons, counsellors, activists and patient groups, weren’t happy. “The number of organ donations is coming down across the state. We have to do something about it soon,” said Mohan foundation founder Dr Sunil Shroff…..Readmore