The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries hosts Cadavar Daan

India and the world are carrying a huge disease burden in the way of Organ failure.

This disease is fraught with morbidities for a life time. Patients suffer physically, mentally and of course economically.

One of the most effective methods of therapy is transplantation of the kidney.

However, there is a huge crisis of healthy donors. We need to become aware of the immense need for voluntary Organ Donation. Live related donation gives excellent results.

But in the absence of live related donors unethical business is flourishing in the way of unrelated donors who are doing it for money. Under these circumstances the most promising way forward is Cadaveric Transplantation.

Cadaveric Transplantation is when an organ or tissue is transplanted from a deceased or usually unrelated donor. That is possible when a patient is brain dead and the family decides to donate the persons organs or the family of an accident victim donates the organs.

While India has woken up to the possibility of Cadaveric Organ Donation to save lives, West Bengal is also taking steps to ensure that there can be a structured approach.

The inaugural address was given by  Sutanu Ghosh (President, The Bengal Chamber of commerce and industries).