Ggn woman creates India’s first organ transplant guide

The transplant guide, available on www.organindia.org, enlists information on 150 hospitals in 45 cities across the country.

After a patient selects the preferred city and the organ, a drop down menu shows a list of hospitals offering transplants in the area. Once the hospital is selected, the contact details such as phone numbers and address of the institute appear. The website also gives a list of specialised doctors with their contact numbers.

“We wanted to create an organised hub of hospitals offering transplants for patients and their families. There was no one place where the recipients could access the knowledge required. The guide was created two months back and is available only on the website,” said Parashar of the Organ Receiving and Giving Awareness Network (ORGAN) India.

Through ORGAN, which is a three-year-old organisation, Parashar collected the information required for the directory. Various other NGOs and government organisations helped in collecting the data, she said. The directory also provides information about nearby medical shops, ambulance services, blood banks, accommodations and taxi operators. The guide even circles grocery stores and restaurants around hospitals.