Mere 1,936 organ donors registered in Gujarat in last 5.5 months, most in Surat
Updated: Feb 19th, 2024
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Although a sensitisation among the public is seen towards organ donation in Gujarat, a National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) report indicates that the state still falls drastically behind in the number of voluntary consents for organ donation.
Only 1,936 people from the state have given their consent till now for their organ donation after death since September 2023, putting the state in the 11th spot nationwide.
Meanwhile, its neighbouring states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh stand at the forefront with 35,305, 25,248, and 20,420 donors, respectively.
Donors in India:
| State | Donors |
| Rajasthan | 35,305 |
| Maharashtra | 25,248 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 20,420 |
| Karnataka | 19,834 |
| Telangana | 11,911 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,176 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,398 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,782 |
| Odisha | 2,764 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2,223 |
| Gujarat | 1,936 |
In Gujarat, Surat has the most donors, 652, followed by Ahmedabad with 205 and Vadodara with 143, among others.
1,186 of the total number of donors were male, while 750 were female.
648 donors were from the age group of 18 to 30, 768 were from 30 to 45, 376 were from 45 to 60, and 142 were older than 60.
District wise donors in Gujarat:
| District | Donors |
| Surat | 652 |
| Ahmedabad | 205 |
| Vadodara | 143 |
| Narmada | 135 |
| Bhavnagar | 107 |
| Banaskantha | 90 |
| Valsad | 64 |
| Rajkot | 55 |
| Kutch | 52 |
| Navsari | 51 |
| Gandhinagar | 36 |
Ahmedabad’s Asarwa Civil Hospital initiated organ donations for brain death patients in December 2020. Through this drive, 439 lives have been saved through organ donations from 143 people.
Among that, 123 livers, 252 kidneys, 9 pancreas, 40 hearts, 6 hands, 24 lungs, and 106 eyes were donated.
Organ donation in India
Any person willing to donate a living organ should be over the age of 18 and have healthy organs.
For donations, a person can fill out NOTTO’s form-7 and initiate the registration process.
After which, a donor card is granted to them, which should be carried along at all times mandatorily.
In their lifetime, a person can donate their one kidney and certain parts of their pancreas-liver as part of a living organ donation. After death, their organs could be donated through brain death.
One organ donor could save around eight lives in need.
As of now, 2.5 lakh people are in search of a kidney donor, 80,000 seek a liver donor, 50,000 seek a heart donor, and 1 lakh seek an eye donor in India.
