Diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) at the age of 15, Varun Anand found his calling in sports. This is a case in point for the power of transplants and how they can transform a life.
Dr Sunil Shroff, a renal transplant surgeon, established the MOHAN Foundation in 1997 after facing criticism abroad over the rising kidney transplant scams in India. His organisation educates and empowers people to take the organ donation pledge.
Uttarakhand resident and former transplant patient Abhinav Pangtey shares his ordeal with organ donation due to the prevailing misconceptions around it, and how he’s aiming to spread awareness at the World Transplant Games this year.
An unfortunate incident prompted Sukumaran to write numerous letters to jail and government officials to consider prisoners for organ donation for there wasn’t any existing provision under which they could do so.
More than half a million Indians are estimated to be in dire need of an organ transplant. While death takes you away, your organs can stay and save another life. A simple guide to the what, when and how of organ donation in India.