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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released "Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Organ Transport"

Posted 07 Aug 2024

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SOPs outline the essential guidelines and protocols for seamless transport of organs in India.

Key Features of SOP

  • Green corridor: One Trigger System i.e. a request from organ allocation authority to initiate organ transport by green corridor, may be considered.
  • Applicability: Organs will be transported only within Indian territory and no organ shall be transported outside India or brought from outside India. 
  • Mean of Transport: It allows transport through air, roads, trains, metros, ports and waterways etc.

Organ Transplantation

  • Organ transplantation is the life-saving therapy for end-stage organ failure
  • Transplantation replaces damaged organs or tissues with healthy ones from donors. 

Status of Organ Transplantation in India (As per NOTTO data)

  • 2023 saw highest ever organ transplantation at 18,378, increasing consistently since 2020.
  • 63% of living donors were women while among the recipients, 30% were women.
  • India ranks third in world in terms of Organ Transplantation.

Issues in Organ Transplantation

  • Wide gap in patients who need transplants and organ donors.
  • Involvement of commercial transaction fuelling illegal organ trade.
  • Poor rate of Brain Stem Death certification by hospitals.
  • Ethical Concerns: Legitimacy of surrogate decision making for critically ill patients and Conflict between providing optimal end-of-life care and procuring organs.

Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994

  • Act regulates removal, storage and transplantation of human organs for therapeutic purpose and for prevention of commercial dealing of human organs.
  • Three tier regulatory structure: National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) at National level (NOTTO) and similar organizations at regional and state levels.
  • National Human Organ and Tissue Removal and Storage Network at one or more places.
  • Tags :
  • NOTTO
  • Organ Transplant
  • Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994
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