Government hospital gets nod for organ transplantation

Kurnool: District Collector S Satyanarayana said that Government General Hospital here has been accorded permission for organ transplantation. It would be the first hospital in Rayalaseema region that has been granted permission.

The Collector has handed over the certificate of permission to the hospital superintendent Dr P Chandrasekhar and cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Prabhakar Reddy at his camp office here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, the Collector said any braindead person can donate their organs to the hospital within three hours after the death.