AIIMS Delhi receives 5-month-old Fetus donation for research

New Delhi: A 32-year-old woman has donated her 5-month-old fetus to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS Delhi) for medical research purposes.

Vandana Jain, from Delhi's Pitampura, decided to donate the fetus with her father-in-law, Suresh Jain, the president of Aagam Shri Foundation, which is engaged in organ donation initiatives, taking the lead to coordinate with hospitals and other organisations for making the arrangements.

"I promote awareness and facilitate organ donation through my organisation. So, when our family experienced this tragedy, we decided to come forward and donate the fetus for a larger cause," Suresh Jain said, news agency PTI reported.

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He said they contacted GP Tayal, the north head of Dadichi Deh Dan Samiti and expressed their intention. "They helped us get in touch with the anatomy department of AIIMS-Delhi," he said.

Sudhir Gupta, the vice president of Dadichi Dehdan Samiti, said volunteers and AIIMS officials worked in coordination with each other to complete the process.

The AIIMS arranged for an ambulance, which collected the fetus from a nursing home in Rohini, where Vandana had undergone an operation to remove the fetus.

"SB Ray, the head of the anatomy department of the AIIMS, contacted me to collect the body donation certificate," Jain said, reports PTI.

An AIIMS doctor said that fetuses can be used for research and training of the medical students.

"The Jain family showed that families can leave behind a legacy even during moments of grief and loss," Gupta said.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that over 18,900 organ transplants were performed in 2024 in India - the highest in a single year, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda.

He was speaking at the 15th Indian Organ Donation Day organised by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) under the aegis of the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, at Dr Ambedkar International Centre.

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