Getting an organ transplant in India comes with its set of challenges—lack of donors and adequate infrastructure, high costs and transport hassles.
A heart transplant is to heart failure what lottery is to poverty. Noted American cardiologist Dr Arnold Katz's analogy seems apt if one were to glance through the data on organ transplants in India— only a few hundred heart transplants are done each year, while 50,000 patients remain on the wait list.
For a procedure considered 'gold standard' for patients of end-stage heart failure, the numbers are dismal. “Waiting lists with the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation [NOTTO] run into several years, and many patients die during that period,” says Dr Ajay Kaul, chairman and head, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi.
The numbers are no different when it comes to the more common transplant—kidney. Though, unlike the heart transplant, where the organ must come from a deceased donor, for a kidney, or even the liver, a live donor is possible. Even so, the gap between demand and supply is huge—about 3 lakh patients are in need of a kidney transplant at any moment. At a premier institute such as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, only about 150 kidney transplants get done in a year, though a private hospital such as Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals does 600 transplants in a year.
In April, issues with organ transplants in the country came to the fore when news broke of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's possible kidney transplant at AIIMS. There was outrage over the minister “jumping the queue”—at least 400 patients, who have also managed a live donor, are on the AIIMS wait list for a kidney transplant. Initially though, the minister's transplant procedure had to be cancelled because of a “mismatch” between the donor and the recipient. He subsequently got a transplant done on May 14, and on June 4 tweeted about being back home.
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A golden girl
One of India's most formidable beauties passed away earlier this month. The odd thing is she would absolutely hate this obituary; she hated being written about and avoided publicity for all of her nine decades. Indira Aswani was 93 when she died. But anyone who encountered her, even briefly, was in such awe of her grace and poise, and one could not but remember her forever.
The interest in wine is growing delightfully in India
The renowned British wine writer and television presenter Jancis Robinson, 74, recently came to Delhi and Mumbai to reacquaint herself with India's wine industry. This was the Robinson's fourth visit to India; the last one was seven years ago. On this trip, Robinson and her husband, restaurateur Nicholas Lander, were hosted by the Taj Hotels and Sonal Holland, India's only Master of Wine.
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COVER DRIVE
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GDP as the only measure of progress is illogical
Dasho Karma Ura, one of the world's leading happiness experts, has guided Bhutan's unique gross national happiness (GNH) project. He uses empirical data to show that money cannot buy happiness in all circumstances, rather it is family and health that have the strongest positive effect on happiness. Excerpts from an interview:
India is not a controlling big brother
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay considers India a benevolent elder sibling as the \"big brotherly attitude\" is happily missing from bilateral ties. He thinks the relationship shared by the two countries has become a model of friendship not just for the region, but for the entire world. \"India's attitude is definitely not of a big brother who is controlling and does not allow the little brother to blossom and grow,\" says Tobgay in an exclusive interview with THE WEEK.
Comrade with no foes
Lal Salaam, Comrade Yechury-you were quite a guy!
Pinning down saffron
In her first political bout, Vinesh Phogat rides on the anti-BJP sentiment across Haryana
MAKE IN MANIPUR
Home-made rockets and weapons from across the border are escalating the conflict
SAHEB LOSES STEAM
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