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Best State award for organ and tissue transplantation
August 6 , 2023
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- Tamil Nadu has won the best-performing state award for organ donations at the national level.
- This event was organised by National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO).
- The state now has 13 transplant hospitals and 26 organ retrieval centres.
- TN-based NGO, MOHAN foundation, also received the award for best NGO working in the organ donation sector.
- Since the inception of the deceased donor organ transplantation programme in Tamil Nadu in 2008, there have been 1,706 donors.
