As the Centre has made the necessary changes to the regulation, patients 65 years of age or older can now register to receive organs from a deceased donor, according to official sources on Thursday.
Additionally, they said that the Union Health Ministry had advised all states to remove the domicile requirement so that needy individuals can register themselves in any state for organ donation.
According to the sources, the ministry also requested that states refrain from paying patients who sought such registration any fees, saying that doing so would breach the 2014 Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Regulations. States like Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Kerala, according to an official, have been charging anywhere from Rs 5,000 to 10,000.
The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has made the required changes to the rules, patients are able 65 years of age and older to register for organ transplants from deceased donors.
“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 changed guidelines have been put on the website of the NOTTO,” an official source said.
Additionally, some states only permit residents to register or give priority to deceased organ donors if they are residents of that state. According to the official source, the Union Health Ministry has now advised all states to remove these restrictions so that needy patients can register themselves in any state for organ transplants.
“It should be as per the waiting list. This will help patients in seeking transplants from deceased donors at any hospital giving a lot of flexibility,” the official source said.
Organ transplants surged from 4,990 in 2013 to 15,561 in 2022
Organ transplants surged from 4,990 in 2013 to 15,561 in 2022, according to official figures. From 2013 to 2022, there will be a total of 9,834 kidney transplants from living donors, up from 3,495 in 2013, and 1,589 transplants from deceased donors.
From 658 in 2013 to 2,957 in 2022, there will have been a total of 2,957 liver transplants from living donors, and there will have been 761 liver transplants from deceased donors.
Between 2013 and 2022, there will be 250 heart transplants overall, compared to 23 lung transplants.
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