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TN adjudged best state in organ donation for third time

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New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu was adjudged the best state in Organ Donation for the third time in a row, with 5,933 organs retrieved from 1,056 donors, a Health Ministry statement said on Monday.

It has also become the first state for various initiatives like mandatory certification of brain stem deaths, streamlining organ distribution and setting up green corridors.

“Tamil Nadu is also supplying free immunosuppressant drugs and is providing sanctions of upto Rs 35 lakh under the Chief Minister Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme for facilitating organ transplants in the private,” said the statement quoting state Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar.

Baskar was speaking at the eighth Organ Donation Day observed here on Monday which was also attended by Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel and other dignitaries.

Calling for more organ donors in India, Patel said: “Apart from promoting organ donation, it is important to improve infrastructure and capacity of government hospitals for undertaking transplantation so that even those who cannot afford transplantation may also benefit.”

“It is important to understand that in India it is mainly the living donors who are donating organs and only about 23 per cent of the organ transplant is being done with organs obtained from the cadavers.

“There is a need to promote cadaver, or deceased, organ donation rather than relying on living donors in order to avoid the risk of commercial trading of organs and also to avoid the inherent risk to the health of the living donor,” Patel added.

Jawaharlal Institute Of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry was announced the best budding performer in Organ Donation and Transplantation on the occasion.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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