India, Aug. 14 -- The last three years have shown consistent growth in both donors and transplanted organs in Pune Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee (ZTCC), said officials.

This year, in 2025, the Pune ZTCC, which includes Pune, Satara, Sangli, Nashik, Solapur, Kolhapur, Jalgaon, and Dhule districts, has reported a promising start and has had 49 brain stem death (BSD) donors and 131 organs transplanted. These include-71 kidneys, 41 livers, four hearts, nine lungs, one kidney-pancreas, one heart-lung, and one kidney-heart transplant.

In 2024, between January 1 and December 31, 2024, it recorded 70 BSD donors whose organs were retrieved for transplantation. A total of 181 organs were transplanted, including 93 kidneys, 58 livers, si...