NOTTO Annual Report 2023-24:
The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) released its annual report for the year 2023-24 on Indian Organ Donation Day (IODD) on August 3, 2024.
- According to NOTTO, in 2023, India reached a significant milestone by surpassing 1,000 deceased organ donors in a single year for the first time, breaking the record set in 2022.
Highlights of the Report:
Finding Details:
- Gender Distribution of Donors
- 63% of living donors were women.
- 77% of deceased donors were men.
- Transplants by Region
- Delhi-NCR: Nearly 78% of foreign national transplants.
- Delhi: 4,426 transplants total, with foreign nationals accounting for over 32%.
- Rajasthan: 116 transplants to foreign nationals.
- West Bengal: 88 transplants to foreign nationals.
- Deceased Donor Milestone
- More than 1,000 deceased organ donors in a single year for the first time.
- Deceased-donor transplants increased from 837 in 2013 to 2,935 in 2023.
- Transplants with Organs from Unrelated Deceased Donors
- Nine transplants to foreigners with organs from unrelated deceased donors.
- Locations: Three in Tamil Nadu, two each in Delhi, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
- Foreigners’ Allocation Rule
- Organs from deceased donors are allocated to foreigners only when no matching Indian patients are available.
- Organ Donation Rate
- Less than 1 per million population.
