Archive · 10 Nov 2025

Bengal Urged to Boost Organ Donations by Establishing Donor Centers

Bengal Urged to Boost Organ Donations by Establishing Donor Centers

Imagine some people need new organs to live, like a heart or kidney.

When a person is brain-dead, their organs can sometimes be given to someone who needs them.

This is called organ donation.

In India, many organs are needed, but not enough are donated.

In Bengal, very few people donate organs after death.

A national organization is asking hospitals in Bengal to help more.

They want hospitals that do transplants to teach other hospitals how to get organs from people who have died.

These hospitals can become places where organs are collected.

This is like setting up special stations to collect gifts.

States like Tamil Nadu are doing this well by having many 'collection stations' that send organs to hospitals where surgeries happen.

By doing this, Bengal can increase the number of organ donations and help more people who are waiting for a transplant.

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