Monitor ICU Brain Deaths For Better Organ Donation Rate: Centre To States
NDTV
The advisory to the states is aimed at augmenting the organ donation rate in the country which is less than one donor per million population.
The Centre has asked states to monitor cases of brain stem deaths in ICU patients, saying poor identification and certification of such cases is keeping the organ donations rate at low levels in the country.
The advisory to the states is aimed at augmenting the organ donation rate in the country which is less than one donor per million population.
"The organ donation rate in India continues to be low (less than one donor per million population in a year). One of the key challenges identified in this is poor identification and certification of brain stem death (BSD) cases despite availability of many such potential cases," Director of National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) Dr Anil Kumar stated in the letter to the states.