New Delhi : The government issued draft guidelines for allocating criteria for kidney donation from deceased source, a move aimed at easing rules and procedures to encourage organ donation in the country.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said the initiative reflects the government’s commitment to promote organ donation, and once it is finalised, these guidelines will go a long way in encouraging organ donation in the country.
“The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) under the Union Health Ministry has issued draft guidelines for allocating criteria for deceased donor kidney transplant. “The draft guidelines have been posted on the NOTTO website and comments and suggestions have been invited to fine tune the guidelines,” an official statement said, adding, suggestions can be sent to the NOTTO till January 16.
The draft guidelines include various issues including recipient registration, listing and scoring system in the waiting list, allocation principles and algorithm, including criteria for urgent listing and inter-state issues. “This initiative reflects our commitment to promote organ donation in the country. We will finalise these guidelines after we receive various suggestions and comments on these draft guidelines. “Once finalised, these guidelines will go a long way in promoting organ donation in the country,” Nadda said. A list of the government and non-government hospitals in Delhi along with Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida have also been listed in the draft guidelines.
