TNPSC Thervupettagam

Donations of cadaveric bones in Tamilnadu

January 26 , 2024 336 days 538 0
  • Cadaveric bone donations are still slow-paced in Tamil Nadu.
  • While people’s overall understanding of cadaveric organ donations has largely improved, this is not the case with bone donation.
  • There were 248 bone donations from 2018 to 2023.
  • Major bone banks have only received a small number of donations over this period.
  • The bone bank at Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar was set up in 2019.
  • Every year, Coimbatore Ganga Hospital’s bone bank receives fewer than 25 cadaveric bone donations.

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