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Govt promotes posthumous organ donation
T'puram: Health minister Veena George said that steps are being taken to provide medications for post-organ transplant surgery patients at reduced prices through Karunya Sparsham zero-profit counters, which were launched in 2024 to offer cancer medications at the lowest possible prices.
Speaking at state-level inauguration of the commemoration of posthumous organ donors and honouring their families in the city on Wednesday, George said that govt successfully initiated liver transplant surgeries, conducting 10 liver transplants.
"Administrative approval was granted for Rs 643.88 crore to establish Kerala Institute of Organ Transplant in Kozhikode exclusively for transplant surgeries. For the first time in India, Ernakulam district hospital is preparing for heart transplant surgeries," she said.
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