Gandhinagar: Three govt hospitals of Gujarat received national recognition for their contribution to organ donation and transplantation, with chief minister Bhupendra Patel felicitating the institutions at the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday.The Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC), Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and New Civil Hospital, Surat, received the awards at the 16th Indian Organ Donation Day ceremony held at Dr B R Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi on Aug 3.The recognitions were given for excellence in organ transplantation, retrieval of organs from deceased donors and management of brain stem death.IKDRC received the “Excellence in Leading Govt Hospital in Organ Transplantation” award, while Ahmedabad Civil Hospital was recognised as the “Best Non-Transplant Organ Retrieval Centre (NTORC)”. New Civil Hospital, Surat, received the national “Best Brain Stem Death Team” award.Minister of state for health Praful Pansheriya presented the awards to Patel and the council of ministers during the cabinet meeting.Pansheriya said IKDRC performed 597 organ transplants in 2025, including 502 kidney, 86 liver and nine pancreas transplants.During 2025-26, Ahmedabad Civil Hospital retrieved 171 organs and 34 tissues from 48 deceased donors out of 104 recorded brain stem death cases. During the same period, the Brain Stem Death team at New Civil Hospital, Surat, certified 82 brain stem death cases.
