Tamil Nadu saw a double hand transplant, a multivisceral transplant including part of a stomach, highest number of lung transplants and maximum utilization of hearts in 2018. However, it lost the top slot for number of organ donations to Telangana. TN, which had topped the list for a decade, recorded a 12% decline in donations in 2018 compared to 2017.

Data from state transplant authority Transtan shows there were 140 donations in 2018 compared to 160 in 2017.The year began with bad publicity on how organs were being allotted out of turn to VIPs and foreigners. There were problems within Transtan too and many staff including its member secretary quit. “Too many things happened at the same time hampering awareness campaigns,” said a senior official at Transtan…..Readmore