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91% cases of Stem Cell Therapy failed at IKRDC Ahmedabad; Clinical Trials done without Permission; Gujarat Congress demand strict action

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesman Parthivrajsinh Kathwadia addressed a press conference at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in Ahmedabad today. Parthivrajsinh Kathwadia has exposed irregularities in Health Department of Gujarat state due to which innocent citizens have lost their lives.
According to the CAG report, Clinical Research called Stem Cell Therapy has been performed on 2352 patients at IKDRC Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center Ahmedabad without permission.
From 1999 to 2017, 741 patients under stem cell therapy have lost their lives. According to the CAG report, Stem Cell Therapy has failed in 91% of the cases. According to the CAG, out of 2352 patients, Stem Cell Therapy was unsuccessful in 2132 patients.
Kidney Transplant failed in 569 patients while complications arose in 110 patients due to which Kidney Transplant could not be performed. According to the CAG report, Stem Cell Therapy was stopped in 2017 by the order of NAC-SCRT (National Apex Committee for Stem Cell Research and Therapy). According to the NAC SCRT, the CAG has observed that Clinical Trials were performed by IKDRC Ahmedabad without Prior Approval of IC SCRT (Institutional Committee for Stem Cell Research and Therapy).
Before 2013, IKDRC Hospital did not have its own Institutional Ethics Committee, so decisions were taken by the Institutional Internal Review Board. This board did not obtain any Prior Approval from IC SCRT and NAC SCRT, while the Board was not Registered with the CDSCO Central Drugs Standard Control Organization which was mandatory.
Despite the National Guidelines to Maintain Records of Patients undergoing Stem Cell Therapy for 15 years, evidence of clinical trial records have not been archieved.
On July 2, 2025, Dr. Anil Kumar, Director of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), has ordered to Additional Director of the Health Department of the Government of Gujarat through an Email to Submit an Action Taken Report on both the issues of repeatedly giving Kidneys to Foreign Citizens and conducting Clinical Trials of Stem Cell Therapy Without Permission within 15 days.
There is a demand for Strict Action from Congress for such Gross Negligence by the Gujarat state on Health Issue of Citizens.

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