Hyderabad hospital honours organ donor families, calls for greater public participation
AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad observed National Organ Donation Day by honoring donor families and addressing the significant gap between organ supply and patient demand. Experts emphasized the need for increased public participation to save lives through transplantation.
Why it matters
It highlights a critical public health challenge in India where the demand for organ transplants far exceeds the availability of donors.
AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, marked National Organ Donation Day on Monday by honouring the bereaved families of organ donors and highlighting the continuing gap between the number of patients awaiting transplants and the availability of donated organs in the country.
Speaking at the programme, AIG Hospitals chairman D. Nageshwar Reddy said around 20,000 organ transplants were performed in India in 2025, while nearly 90,000 patients were registered on the waiting list for major organs as of March 2026. “One person donating can save up to seven lives. India has made remarkable progress in transplantation, but the gap between the requirement for organs and their availability remains extremely wide,” Dr. Reddy said.
He added that medical expertise alone could not address the shortage of organs and called for greater public participation in cadaver organ donation.
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