Private hospitals have contributed to over 94% of Mumbai Region's cadaver donations this year, while public hospitals, including the busiest tertiary centres, facilitated merely three out of 53 donations. As the year draws to a close, the dominance of the private sector in organ donation and transplant has once again come to the fore.
Data from the Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee (ZTCC) shows that Navi Mumbai's Apollo Hospital that became fully functional only a year ago topped the list with seven donations. It was followed by Fortis Hospital in Mulund and Jupiter in Thane, which carried out six and five donations.
The 53 donations in all facilitated 151 organ transplants, including 38 heart surgeries. The contribution from the public sector was miniscule despite the staterun JJ Hospital charting history by making two donations in its 172 years of existence.
The third donation came from the civic-run Sion Hospital. Parel's KEM and Mumbai Central's BYL Nair, which treat a mammoth volume of patients, failed to donate a single cadaver.
"When it comes to organ donation, public hospitals have remained a weak link across the country, not just in Mumbai," said Dr Jagdish Prasad, director general of health services (DGHS), Union health ministry. "What we need is major commitment from state governments to invest in manpower and infrastructure."
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