The
Union health ministry has proposed providing “social support’’ of up to Rs 5
lakh to the dependants of an organ donor in cases of cadaver organ donation.
The social support will be provided not in the form of cash but by sponsoring medical treatment or education of dependents, said Dr Vasanthi Ramesh, director, National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO). The proposal under the National Organ Transplant Programme is currently under consideration of the finance ministry, Ramesh said.
The
health ministry, she added, will provide Rs 1 lakh to hospitals for maintenance
of the donor who has been declared brain dead till the organs are retrieved.
Such patients, require to be infused with fluids and medication to maintain
their organs
According
to a senior health ministry official, the gap between the number of recipients
and donors is very wide and thousands of people spend years hoping for a donor
to give them a new lease of life. The official said that as per estimates, the
annual requirement of kidney transplant for new cases is around two lakh with
merely 8,000 transplants happening annually.
(Source:
TOI, Nov 23, 2018)
Dr KK Aggarwal
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Associations in Asia and Oceania
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Group
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Heart Care Foundation of India
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