CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -For the fourth consecutive year, Tamil Nadu bagged the Best State Award in cadaveric organ donation from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Health Minister C.

Detailed explanation-2: -This year marks the 11th Organ Donation Day event. Tamil Nadu received the ‘Best State award’ for organ donation, by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Detailed explanation-3: -Within 10 months, the number of organ donations have exceeded the previous year’s figures in Tamil Nadu. From 60 deceased donors in 2021, the State has so far registered 115 donors, with August 2022 having the highest number of donations - 21 - in the last four years.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract. Multiple organ procurement is a surgical procedure by which organs of a brain dead donor are taken for transplantation. Cadaveric organ donors must be those who have suffered a sudden structural and irreversible damage of the brain or brainstem.

Detailed explanation-5: -Christian Medical College, Vellore. It is 50 years since a team of doctors of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, performed the country’s first successful kidney transplant on February 2, 1971.