India's Organ Transplant Crisis: Study Reveals 99.8% Heart Need Goes Unmet

India's organ transplant system is failing catastrophically — a new study in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia reveals that in 2021, transplant supply met just 0.2% of heart need, 1.2% of lung need, and 1.5% of liver need nationwide. Even kidneys, the most commonly transplanted organ, only saw 7.2% of demand fulfilled. The research, conducted by teams from the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences and Fortis Vasant Kunj, paints a grim picture of a...