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18/02/23 13:57 PM IST

One Nation, One Organ Allocation Policy

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  • The Union Ministry of Health is mulling over a ‘One Nation, One Organ Allocation Policy’ to avoid the issues around the submission of domicile certificates in states in order to seek organ transplantation during a health emergency.
Features of the policy
  • The policy aims to remove the mandatory requirement of domicile certificates a person must submit to a state.
  • This will allow patients to seek medical help in any state outside their hometown. 
  • The NOTTO has made necessary changes to the guidelines which now allow patients aged 65 years and above to register themselves for receiving organs from a deceased donor.
  • For registering patients requiring organs of deceased donors, earlier the upper age limit was 65 years. With this restriction removed, patients of all age groups can register for deceased donor organs.
  • The change also includes the removal of the registration fee for anyone intending to register for an organ.
  • Certain states asked for anything between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 to register a patient on the organ recipient waitlist.
  • The ministry has removed the domicile requirement to register as an organ recipient in a particular state under a ‘One Nation, One Policy’ move.
Organ transplantation in India
  • According to official data, the number of organ transplants has increased from 4,990 in 2013 to 15,561 in 2022.
  • The total number of kidney transplants from living donors has increased from 3,495 in 2013 to 9,834 in 2022 and from deceased donors, it has increased from 542 to 1,589 in 2022.
  • The total number of liver transplants from living donors has increased from 658 in 2013 to 2,957 in 2022 and from 240 to 761 in 2022 from deceased donors.
  • The total number of heart transplants have increased from 30 in 2013 to 250 in 2022 while lung transplants from 23 to 138.
  • India conducts the third highest number of transplants in the world.
  • Every year, an estimated 1.5-2 lakh people need a kidney transplant. Only around 10,000 got one in 2022.
Need For one policy
  • The Centre is planning to make changes in the rules of Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011 towards creating a national policy for transplantation.
  • Currently, different states have different rules; the Union government is considering changes to the rules so that there is a standard criterion followed in all states across the country.
Source- Indian Express

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