For the fourth consecutive year, Tamil Nadu bagged the Best State Award in cadaveric organ donation from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Transtan, was a first of its kind initiative in the country. So far, 6,886 organs were retrieved from 1,198 donors in Tamil Nadu, which is well ahead of other States. 

 At 899 organs that were utilised (November 2017 to October 2018), the State has achieved maximum utilisation of donor organs to benefit end-stage organ failure patients..

The year marked the State’s first bilateral hand transplantation at the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital. Transtan coordinated another bilateral hand transplantation at Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry.