Summary: 21 people have donated organs in the awareness campaign about brain death and organ donation after death organized jointly by Samaj Lalitpur and Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward No. 16.
In the 8 years since the law was passed to allow organ transplants of people with brain death, only 5 people have been able to receive organs.
Although there are people who die of brain death every day, among the various reasons for not donating organs is the lack of public awareness about brain death.
Reason: Chandrakrishna Shrestha, Secretary of Samaj Lalitpur, said that an awareness campaign about brain death has been started so that no one's organs go to waste.
Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward No. 16 Ward President Nirmalratna Shakya said that organ donation awareness will be organized in organizations and educational institutions.
There are more than 21,000 people across the country who are waiting for organ transplant due to failure of both kidneys. At least 8 organs can be transplanted, including lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, heart and small intestine of a brain dead person. Dr. Pukarchandra Shrestha, director of Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplantation Center, was honored in the
program. Dr. Shreshtha, Director of Dharmabhakta Transplantation Center, said that it will not cost a single penny to run a campaign on brain death, but even a hundred and fifty rupees cannot pay for it. "Overseas, 80 percent of organ transplants are from brain dead people," he said.
