RS Prasad urges medical fraternity to use PPP route to make organ transplant affordable

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday urged the medical fraternity to explore the possibility of public private partnership (PPP) in organ transplant, observing that a lot of work was required to make the process affordable.

"Organ transplant, including liver transplant is a super speciality area of operation though a lot needs to be done to make organ transplant affordable. I exhort the medical community to explore the possibility of public private partnership in this respect," Prasad said, speaking at the releasing of a commemorative postage stamp on liver transplantation in India.

The minister also stated that the release of this postage stamp was a statement of recognition of the extraordinary initiatives by extraordinary people endowed with extraordinary talent. He further talked of developing digital infrastructure and associating it seamlessly with health care to make available the latest health facilities inclusive and accessible to the common man.

Prasad also spoke at length about the people-oriented initiatives of the government which have galvanised people's cooperation and involvement in the schemes dedicated to their development and progress.