He made the point at Nabbie’s Training Centre, Curepe, during the 24th annual thanksgiving service for kidney transplant survivor, Nabbie Khan. Nabbie received the first renal transplant in the country and is the longest living national who has undergone the surgery.
Trinidad & Tobago has an established National Organ Transplant Unit. The minister said organ transplantation has come a long way. However he said there is still an urgent need for further development.
Trinidad & Tobago has an established National Organ Transplant Unit. The minister said organ transplantation has come a long way. However he said there is still an urgent need for further development.
Khan said he would seek the assistance of Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar in drafting legislation to help move organ transplantation forward. “We signed an agreement with the Barcelona Transplantation Institute to have young doctors trained in harvesting organ donation and organ transplant,” he said.
Nabbie received his organ from his sister Zabida Hosein, who is still alive. That donation saved his life. She has no regrets. “I am very glad I did because we could celebrate 24 years of good health and strength after his operation on January 28, 1988. It was an easy decision to make,” she told reporters.
In Canada everyone with a driver's permit receives an invitation to sign an organ donation form, which is voluntary.
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