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| Organ Donation | | | In a step that can go a long way in building an organ bank in the country, the central government has asked all States and Union Territories to organise training programmes for first responders in emergencies, such as police personnel, ambulance drivers and para-medical staff, to facilitate organ and tissue donation from road accident victims.
Training first responders, designating special teams in hospitals, upgrading trauma centres and registering them as organ retrieval centres are some of the steps suggested by the Centre to states to encourage organ donation, which is less than one deceased donor per million population in the country.
The central government has asked all states to organise state and district-level training programmes for first responders in emergencies, such as police personnel, ambulance drivers and para-medical staff, to facilitate organ and tissue donation from road accident victims.
Experts have been maintaining that India faces a critical shortage of organs for transplantation, with thousands of patients on the waiting list for different organs.
A report published in 2023 had revealed that a large number of deaths occur due to road traffic accidents, especially involving young and otherwise healthy individuals.
In 2023, the report had stated that around 1.7 lakh people were killed in road accidents and they could have been potential organ donors.
The first responders in emergencies can play a vital role in identification of potential donors and timely referral and harvesting of organs from those who give consent for donation.
Many of the potential organ donors are lost due to lack of timely identification and referral. If the system is streamlined it can prove to be a great help.
The scheme being envisaged by the Centre for organ donation can have far reaching impact on the ground and can help in formulating a strategy to build organ donation banks that could go a long way in saving precious lives.
The timely referral to designated trauma or organ retrieval centres can significantly enhance the rate of deceased organ donation in the country.
If the first responders are properly trained and are able to implement the scheme on the ground, it can prove to be a boon for the people who are waiting to restart their lives.
Many people in the country can reshape their lives if they get the organs from the donors and Centre’s direction to State and UTs can be a new beginning towards providing new lease of life to many. |
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