INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: The fear that they will be embroiled in medico-legal cases while dealing with organ donations is one of the constraints in
of the reasons restraining many from getting involved actively in the programme of organ donation
said that there is a need to facilitate procedures faster which requires alternative and ancillary tests to be recognised in well-equipped
In the last seven years of the programme, there have been 800 donations.Experts believe that awareness is the key apart from dealing with
the technical and legal issues that come to the fore
The green corridor system, where the police clears traffic for ambulances to rush the donated organs to recipients, is one example of local
and state-level coordinations for transporting organs.There is a need to simplify laws which will allow government institutions to
looked at from the point of organ donation
The registration of Birth and Death Act is being amended and there is a need felt to include brain-stem death as a form of death
The socio-cultural preferences of Indian society have to be considered while amending the Act.There is also a need to distinguish between
brain-stem dead and comatose condition
These differences are important as there is a fine line and experts want to evolve a clear picture without creating any confusion.
