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- AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad marked National Organ Donation Day by felicitating families who donated the organs of deceased relatives.
- Hospital chairman D. Nageshwar Reddy said about 20,000 transplants were done in India in 2025 while nearly 90,000 patients were on waiting lists for major organs as of March 2026.
- He noted that one donor can save up to seven lives and called for greater public participation in cadaver donation.
- The event also included specialist talks on various transplants and donor coordination processes.
What to watch next
- Efforts to narrow the gap between organ demand and availability through increased public cadaver donation
- Whether waiting-list numbers shrink relative to annual transplant volumes
- Similar awareness campaigns or donor recognition initiatives by other hospitals
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