Dying for a transplant

渴望移植

The Documentary Podcast

2025-07-13

49 分钟
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In 2019, British-Nigerian comedian Emmanuel Sonubi suffered from a near-fatal heart failure whilst on a comedy tour of Dubai. He had a condition called dilated cardiomyopathy, which means his heart was not pumping enough oxygen around his body, and he might need an urgent transplant. In the years since Emmanuel's condition has been controlled through medication but the threat of a heart transplant still looms large – as does the shortage of donors from people of his background where he lives in the UK. Emmanuel examines the cultural attitudes which stop people from taking part in organ donation and transplantation. He also hears from Dr. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, director general of Organización Nacional de Trasplantes and Lalitha Raghuram, one of the leaders of the MOHAN Foundation, which helps spread awareness of organ donation across India.
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  • More than 170,000 organ transplants are carried out globally every year,

  • providing a lifeline to people around the world.

  • But there's never enough donors to keep up with demand.

  • In Japan, the number of donations is developed very slowly.

  • It can be mistrust, myths and long-held beliefs that can stop people offering their organs.

  • In India, I'd say there's a lot of stigma.

  • It's supposed to be bad omen to talk about death with your loved one.

  • In Pakistan, we don't have the deceased organ transplantation as yet.

  • Although the law has been made,

  • this is not being implemented because people are still not convinced about it.

  • And transplants can also be costly.

  • In Pakistani rupees, it would come to about 70-80 lakhs.