Guj: Kidney transplant depends mainly on spouses

Ahmedabad | Monday | 10th December, 2018

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“It was the most excruciating nine months of my life when I had no idea of what my life would be. With laws in place, we are hopeful of a better cadaver donation rate,” said Dr M M Prabhakar, head of the transplant authorization committee of Gujarat. According to figures from NOTTO, in 2017 there were 242 transplants from cadaver donations in Gujarat , putting the state at the fifth spot in India. “We first consulted a string of doctors and even resorted to ayurveda as a last-ditch effort to end the nightmare. She has truly given me a second life,” said Singh.Somnath Chattopadhyay, and head of hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplants at KDAH, said that in the majority of cases, spouses become donors to save their significant others..