20,000 organ transplants a year, and ‘success’ is whatever hospitals say it means
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In a recent incident at a private hospital in Bengaluru, India, a double-lung transplant was performed. The transplant doctor assured the family that he was "very happy with the surgery," confidently stating that they would all meet in three months. However, the patient passed away three weeks later due to post-transplant complications. Surprisingly, the lead surgeon never visited the patient after the surgery, and the meeting three months later was merely a figure of speech.
India has recently made significant strides in organ transplantation. On August 3rd, during the 16th Organ Donation Day, the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) announced that the country had reached a remarkable milestone of 20,000 annual transplants, nearly triple the number a decade ago. This surge in transplants places India in third place globally, following the United States and China.
While the numbers highlight progress, they do not indicate the success or failure of each transplant in terms of patient outcomes.
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