Lack of organs resulting in up to 15 deaths every day in Pakistan

Driven by social misunderstandings, the lack of organ donations leads to 10 to 15 deaths every day in Pakistan – the number up to 20 for the United States.

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In Pakistan, despite the growing number of patients suffering from organ deficiency, cultural misconceptions and religious hesitation continue to suppress organ donation, leaving thousands to die while waiting for a second chance in life.

Speaking at the first International Conference on the FICT hosted by Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in Karachi, Pakistan-American pioneer Pioneer Prof Dr Mohamad Mohamad Mohiudin emphasized the seriousness of the crisis.

“In the United States, a patient dies every 80 minutes due to unavailable organs,” he said. Professor Mohiuddin, who successfully conveyed a genetically modified heart heart to a human being in an innovative US process, added: “Xenotransplantation may potentially extend human life for up to 20 years and has huge coloring for countries such as Pakistan, where the donation rate is extremely low.”

The expert explained that early testing on xenophobia began with a molecule transplantation and initially failed, but developments in genetic modification have made the processes sustainable. He also acknowledged that both moral and religious concerns remained global obstacles to the adoption of organs transport to animals to humans.

The conference, which Duhs Vice President, Professor Saeed Quraishy, ​​described as a milestone in Pakistan’s medical history, has gathered over 22 international experts from the US, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East.

Remarkable participants included Professor John Fung, Professor John Lamattina of the University of Chicago, Professor Paulo Grossi from Italy, Professor Faiz Kurt was raised by Dickman from Barcelona, ​​Spanish Professor Aamir Ehsan from the United Kingdom.

Prof Fung emphasized that after transplant infections remained the leading cause of death, which is why infectious disease experts had also been invited to the conference. He emphasized the importance of the drug to manage such infections and noted that with proper postoperative care, transplant survival rates could be drastically improved.

“A donor can save up to seven lives,” he said, adding that Islamic countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia are already allowing organ donations from patients with brains, a practice now approved by leading scholars in Pakistan.

Prof Lamattina praised the surgical experience of the DUHS transplant team and welcomed the growing collaboration between DUHS and the University of Chicago under the umbrella of the international liver transplant company (ILTS) and the Transplantation Company (TTS). He announced that the next world transplant conference will take place in Chicago.

Duhs President, Prof Dr Sohail Rao, told the media that the two -day event had presented 44 international presentations, with liver and kidney transplants held in Pakistan for the first time. “For aspiring surgeons and doctors, this was a historic opportunity for real -time learning,” he said.

Chancellor Pro-Vice Prof Jehan Ara Hasan observed that these live surgeries offered new levels of confidence and exposure to trainees, who were made possible through high-tech broadcasts from operating theaters to the seminar hall and social media.

Experts such as Dr Asim Ahmed and Dr Tasadduq Khan emphasized the importance of enhancing legal frameworks, ethical patterns and public confidence in building a just and transparent organ donation system. “Organ negotiation takes advantage of the poor. What we need is equality, not despair,” said Dr. Ahmed.

On the technical side, Dr. Ayaz Khan described advanced techniques, such as handmade laparoscopic nephrectomy (Haldn) as safer, faster and particularly effective for donors with composite vascular anatomy, including children.

In closing observations, Dr. Rao stressed that the unified religious attitude has now allowed the broader acceptance of brain donor transplants in Pakistan. “With clear religious guidance and promotion of medical expertise, conditions are suitable for a transformation in Pakistan’s transplant ecosystem,” he said.