Union Health Minister examines

To restructure the organ donation and transplant industry, visionary structural changes are forthcoming. In this regard, instructions were provided by Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya when he discussed the state of organ donation and transplantation with senior officials of the Health Ministry in the presence of Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar, MOS (Health).

In the 99th episode of the “Man Ki Baat ” programme, Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi urged his countrymen to support the worthy cause of organ donation to save the lives of their fellow citizens. This has given organ donation in the nation a new life. From fewer than 5000 transplants in 2013 to more than 15,000 in 2022, the nation’s overall number of organ transplants has significantly increased. Due to improved coordination among the network of Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisations at National (NOTTO), Regional (ROTTO), and State level (SOTTO), more organs per deceased donor are now being used. For example, in the year 2016, 2265 organs were utilised from 930 deceased donors while 2765 could be utilised from 904 deceased donors in the year 2022.

In addition to a Standard Course for the training of Transplant Coordinators, NOTTO is working on a Transplant Manual that will serve as a step-by-step manual for the implementation of an organ donation and transplantation programme in hospitals. Both of these documents will soon be finished and made available. For better programme implementation, the NOTTO has formed four verticals for coordination: IEC, Training, HR/accounts. As a recent special welfare move in the public interest, the Indian government has recently offered Central Government employees Special Casual Leaves of up to 42 days if they donate an organ to another human being.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, which is overseen by the Union Health Minister, is also incorporating lessons from global best practices into future policy changes aimed at boosting organ donation and transplantation in the nation.

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