| Southern States Top • Telangana topped the country in organ donation with 252 cadaver donors, followed by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. • In kidney transplants, Delhi led with 2,576 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. |
- Women led the way in living organ donation.
- Data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare show that the number of women living donors was 9,784 last year, compared to 5,651 men.
- A lone transgender individual also contributed an organ.
- The total number of organ transplants, including both living and deceased donors, reached the highest ever.
- Among deceased donors, men accounted for more donations than women.
- The total number of kidney transplants from January to December was 13,426, followed by 4,491 liver transplants and 221 heart transplants.
- The organ donation rate remains less than one per million population.
- The Health Ministry emphasized the need to promote organ donation from deceased persons to address the huge organ requirement.
- A living donor, aged 18 years or above, can donate either one kidney or part of the liver.
- A brain-dead donor of any age can donate the heart, two lungs, liver, two kidneys, pancreas, small intestine, cornea, bone, skin, heart valves, etc.
- After natural cardiac death, only tissues can be donated.
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