Source: NewsTrack India, Jan 2008
Earlier a high powered committee was formed to review organ transplantation; the committee submitted its report long back in 2004. Now again the government has taken up the issue and has announced a national programme for organ transplantation. Under this programme every legal donation will be tagged with incentives. A person will be able to donate after he or she will be declared brain dead. The other benefits include life and health insurance cover, discounts in train travel and preferred status in organ transplant waiting list to the wife, children and parents of the donor.
Government also planned to open Organ Retrieval and Banking Organisation (ORBO) in all metros Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai this year, and followed by Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Guwahati and Lucknow. ORBO centres will monitor the storage and retrieval of organ across the registered hospital…
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