Chennai: Tamil Nadu has been recognised for its efforts in organ donation. Even so, the demand supply gap continues to be enormous. On this World Kidney Day, nephrologists urge for increased awareness among doctors and hospitals on the need for the state to see one donation a day as against the current rate of one donation in two days. Urging for more participation from hospitals, especially government hospitals, Dr Sunil Shroff of Mohan Foundation, a not for profit organisation that promotes organ donation and transplantation, said making this dream a reality is not impossible.

“Awareness among doctors needs to be increased more than among the public. Also, more stress needs to be laid on the prevention aspect. We have to prevent kidney diseases. That is the only way to bridge this gap between demand and supply,” he said. The country sees a demand of over 200,000 kidneys with not more than 8,000 transplants being carried out, he said adding that organ donor source needs to increase. “Awareness is essential among general public to ensure they understand the seriousness of organ donation. However, doctors and hospitals should be educated on the same too,” he said…..Readmore