It is estimated that in India, more than 500,000 patients are waiting for a second lease of life and approximately 16 people die every day on the waiting list. Picture is no different in other countries. Lack of awareness is one of the major barriers for deceased organ donation and loss of lives due to lack of organs.
Patients suffering from end stage organ failure and their families have very limited knowledge about organ transplants.
Many questions trouble their minds:
Where to go?
Whom
to consult?
What is the expense?
What are the pitfalls in the process?
There is lot of scope from Corporate houses, Hospitals and Pharmaceutical companies
to help ‘End stage organ failure’ patients and Transplant patients
There is a dire need to address these areas by setting up a foundation as per government guidelines to help the needy patients and assist the process of saving lives.