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Arunachal Pradesh partners with PGI Chandigarh for organ transplant facilities

Itanagar: In a bid to boost the healthcare infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh, Health Minister Biyuram Wahge has announced plans to establish organ transplant services at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun.
This is a significant step towards strengthening the healthcare infrastructure in the mountainous state.
As part of this initiative, Minister Wahge visited the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh, where he held a detailed discussion with Prof Vivek Lal, Director of PGIMER, and his expert team of doctors, according to a UNI news report.
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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Kajal joined Medical Dialogue in 2019 for the Latest Health News. She has done her graduation from the University of Delhi. She mainly covers news about the Latest Healthcare. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.