Organ donation

Govt. to encourage organ donation

Bangalore, February 1 -- To create awareness among people for organ donation, Karnataka government will shortly improvise the Transplant act, said medical education minister Ramachandra Gowda Friday.

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At the inaugural ceremony of the Liver, Pancreatic Disorders and Multi-Organ Transplantation Unit and a liver ICU at BGS Global Hospitals, Gowda said, “We want to be on par with Tamil Nadu, which is one of the leading states in transplantation.”

“The amendments will facilitate and encourage voluntary donation and cadaver transplantation,” added Gowda.

Responsiveness required from people

Organ Donation, Blankets and Cockroaches

So the Chinese are devising a nationwide organ-donation system, I hear. This they are doing to put the practice of harvesting organs from executed prisoners to rest.

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