Pune needs organ donors as 1,600 patients waiting for kidneys: Doctor

Pune needs to speed up the organ donation drive to reach pre-COVID-19 levels, according to city-based nephrologist Dr SM Ambike. As many as 1,600 patients are waiting for kidneys, 75 for livers, 50 for hearts and 70 patients need multivisceral organs. He said Pune had only 41 organ donors in 2020 and the number is 13 till June this year.