Arunachal Pradesh partners with PGI Chandigarh for organ transplant facilities

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PGIMER has agreed to extend technical support and guidance to help Arunachal develop organ transplant capabilities in a phased, safe, and effective manner.  

The Health Minister was accompanied by his Advisor, Dr Mohesh Chai, and TRIHMS Director Dr Moji Jini.  

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that to address the acute shortage of organs available for transplant, the West Bengal government has announced plans to establish Non-Transplant Organ Retrieval Centres (NTORCs) at all 24 state-run medical colleges. These centres will be equipped to retrieve organs from brain-dead patients but will not perform transplant surgeries. Currently, only three state-run hospitals—SSKM Hospital, Medical College Kolkata, and NRS Medical College and Hospital—are authorized to conduct organ transplants. The remaining 21 teaching hospitals lack the infrastructure to even retrieve organs from deceased donors, a gap that officials now aim to close.

Doctors have long highlighted the dire need to boost organ donation in Bengal, where the demand for organs far exceeds the supply. Patients with end-stage organ failure often die waiting for a transplant. 

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