THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABIAZAD)
(a)&(b): Yes, Govemmem has already decided to set up the National Organs & Tissue Transplant
Organization (NQTTO) at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, as a central coordination agency for organ
transplantation in the country with the following mandate;
# Lay down policy guidelines and protocols in relation to Organ and
Tissue donation and transplantation.
# Network with similar regional and state level organizations.
# Compile and publish all registry data from States and regions.
# Creating awareness, promotion of organ donation and transplantation.
# Co-ordination from retrieval of organs and tissues to transplantation of
the same(when organ is allocated outside a region).
# Dissemination of information to organ and tissue transplant
organizations, hospitals, individuals and other stakeholders.
# Monitoring of transplantation activities in various regions and States,
maintaining data-bank in this regard.
# Assist in data management for organ transplant surveillance and Organ
Donor registry.
# Consultancy support on the legal and non-legal aspects of donation and
transplantation
# Coordinate and Organize training for various personnel associated with
this work.
Government has initiated steps to develop the requisite infrastructure to make the NOTTO functional.
It has also started taking steps to make the web-site of the organization fully operational (notto.nic.in).
(c)
Year Activities
2010 - 6m World and First Indian Organ Donation
11 Day was organized in November 2010. An amount ofRs. 42 Lakh was utilized
2011- Regional `Organ Donation Awareness
12 workshops` were organized in coordination with State Governments during 2011-2012 in the cities of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Puducherry, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Chandigarh and Tiruvanthapuram for increasing the awareness among public for organ and tissue donation. 2` Indian Organ Donation Day was organized at AIMS, New Delhi An amount of Rs. 6.84 Lakh was utilized
2012- The third Indian Organ Donation Day was
13 organized in November 2012 at Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi. A stall was set up during the India International Trade fair at New Delhi in November 2012 to spread the message of deceased Organ Donation among the public. An amount of Rs. 1.27 Lakh was utilized
2013- Rs. 2.43 lakh has been spent for spreading
2014 awareness so far.
(d) Government of India enacted the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011.
Some of the important amendments under this Act to simplify the procedure of organ donation are:-
> Provision of `Retrieval Centres` for retrieval of organs froxn
cadavers/deceased donors and their registration under the amended
Act.
> Definition of `near-relative` expanded to include Grandparents and
Grand Children.
> Brain death certification simplified by associating more experts in the
certification committee.
> `Mandatory` inquiry and informing option to donate in case of
unfortunate event of death of Patient in ICU for the purpose of organ
donation.
> Mandatory `Transplant Coordinator` for coordinating all matters
relating to removal or transplantation of human organs.
> National Human Organs and Tissues Removal and Storage Network
at one or more places alongwith Regional network
> National Registry of Donors and Recipients
> Removal of cornea has been permitted by a trained technician to
facilitate eye donation.
To create awareness for organ donation, Indian Organ Donation Day is celebrated in the month
of November every year since the year 2010. Awareness activities are carried out through the
events like India International Trade fair to spread the message of Deceased Organ Donation
among the public.
Organ Retrieval Banking Organization at AIIMS, New Delhi has been registering the persons
who pledge to donate their organs after death.
