kochi the main concern in kerala is that a few senior doctors are blocking the deceased organ donation programme in the state said a spainbased agency after it studied the hurdles in programme implementation in the stateexperts from donation and transplantation institute dti spain were invited to the state to review the organ donation and transplantation programme here and then bring in international best practices to the programme thats tailored to the needs of kerala societythey assessed the potentials and weaknesses of the programme in the state and found that donor detection and delay in braindeath certification are major hurdles at the moment the deceased organ donation programme which was at its peak in 2016 199 transplantations saw just 60 transplantations in 2017 29 in 2018 55 in 2019 and 70 in 2020there is a myth that a negative perception exists among the people against the deceased organ donation and transplantation programme the community is ready but it is our doctors and other healthcare workers who are not supporting the programme this is not fair as patients in the waiting list are dying as they are not able to get a donor organ on time said dr maria paula gomez executive director dtigomez said that there is an urgent need for commitment from hospitals both private and public to promote the programme for the same kerala network for organ sharing knos organized a training for doctors and nurses of government medical college thiruvananthapuram they are being trained mainly on proper certification of the braindead patients and managing the recovery process of the patients receiving organsthere is fear or hesitation amongst health professionals to issue braindeath certification the whole effort is to overcome this by professionalizing the programme said knos nodal officer dr noble graciousif we professionalize the programme by training the doctors and nurses then there will be little or no error the medical community will then be able to send a good message to the people said dr gomez