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
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