'Organ Transplant Act needs to be rectified'

Friday, June 29, 2007
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1327155.cms

Even as the world debates this issue, doctors say the decade-old Organ Transplant Act will first have to be rectified before the face transplant surgery can be performed.

Technically, the Indian micro surgeons are competent enough to perform this surgery, and although the present transplant laws allow cadaveric transplantation (organ retrieval from a brain dead but beating heart donor), lot of issues are unresolved, says Dr Sunil Choudhary, Plastic Surgeon, Max Healthcare.

The Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1994 redefines death to include the concept of brain stem death making retrieval of organs possible after proper consent.

It permits transplantation of various cadaveric organs including the kidneys...

1 comments:

rejimon said...

There is certainly needs a lot of work to be done on Cadavor to have smooth implimentation.
In a country over 92000/.- people dies in road accident and double the amount of people waiting for organs.
the hospitals and govt must promote the cadever donation and must educate the relatives. There must be also some benefits given to Living Donor interms of benefits or exception intrms of IT etc.