The requirement for organ transplant in India is estimated to be as high as 500,000 per annum. The actual transplantations done is less that 20,000. The gap is massive. Every year, tens of thousands of people die, waiting for organs due to non-availability.
The deceased organ donation rate in India is less than 1 in a million. Spain, the country with the highest rate in the world, has a rate of over 50 per million population.
MOHAN Foundation is an organisation that has been working tirelessly to bridge this gap, working on every aspect of organ donation — from educating the families of potential donors, to training transplantation surgeons, to influencing policy.
We are sharing the video of a chat with Dr. Sunil Shroff, senior consultant urologist and transplant surgeon at Madras Medical Mission Hospital and the Founder and Managing Trustee of MOHAN Foundation.
For nearly three decades, Dr. Shroff has been one of the leading voices building India’s deceased organ donation program. From pioneering transplant surgeries to shaping policy and public awareness, Dr. Shroff has worked to transform how India understands organ donation. Through the MOHAN Foundation, he has helped promote deceased donation after brain death, improve transplant systems, and build awareness among hospitals, governments, and the public.