Archive · 25 Oct 2025
Gujarat's Skin Banks Aid Burn Patients with Donated Skin
In Gujarat, India, there are two special hospitals called skin banks.
They help people who have serious skin injuries, like burns.
When people pass away, their families can choose to donate their skin.
Doctors then use this skin to help patients heal.
The donated skin is like a bandage that helps the patient's own skin grow back.
This is very helpful, especially when a patient doesn't have enough healthy skin of their own.
The skin banks have helped hundreds of people recover from serious injuries.
Two public skin banks in Gujarat assist patients with severe burns and trauma.
The skin banks are located in Rajkot and Ahmedabad, established in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
Skin donations are used for patients needing skin grafts, especially after burns or accidents.
Skin donations must be done within six hours of death and can be preserved for up to five years.
The Rajkot and Ahmedabad skin banks vary in their approach to obtaining skin donations.
- Who
- Patients with burns, trauma, and skin diseases
- What
- Skin banks providing skin grafts for treatment
- When
- Rajkot bank opened in January 2023, Ahmedabad in March 2024.
- Where
- Gujarat, India (Rajkot and Ahmedabad)
- Why
- To provide skin grafts for patients needing them for recovery, particularly burns.
- Skin Banks Established
- Rajkot (2023), Ahmedabad (2024)
- Patients Helped
- Over 261
- Skin Donation Process
- Within 6 hours of death
- Skin Preservation
- Up to 5 years
- Skin Donation Types
- Allograft (donor), Autograft (patient's own)