2L kidney, 1L cornea transplants needed annually
An estimated 2 lakh kidneys, 1 lakh corneas, and 50,000 hearts are needed annually for transplants, Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. She added that 16,192 people have pledged for organ donation and registered with National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation as on August 5 this year.