{"id":61060,"date":"2025-12-08T18:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=61060"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:22:12","slug":"organ-transplant-legalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-12-2025\/organ-transplant-legalities","title":{"rendered":"Legalities Involved in Organ Transplants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India\u2019s performance in deceased organ donation remains extremely low (0.77 per million in 2023, compared to 49.38 in Spain). Nearly 5 lakh Indians die annually waiting for transplants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Organ Transplant and Donation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Organ Transplantation\/Donation<\/strong> is a <strong>surgical procedure<\/strong> in which an organ, tissue or a group of cells are removed from one person and surgically transplanted into another person.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>One person can save up to 8 lives<\/strong> by donating heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and intestines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In India, the organ transplantation <strong>is one of the lowest<\/strong> in comparison with the western nations.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India\u2019s organ donation rate remains <strong>under 1% <\/strong>relative to the population.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India<strong> ranks third globally<\/strong> in organ transplantation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In 2023,<\/strong> more than three lakh citizens pledged to donate organs through the <strong>National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO).&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eligibility for Organ Donation: Both living and deceased individuals<\/strong> can donate organs. Living donors must meet specific medical and legal criteria to ensure donor safety and ethical practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)<\/strong><br><br>&#8211; It is a National level organization set up under the <strong>Directorate General of Health Services<\/strong>, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<br>&#8211; <strong>Functions: <\/strong>It develops policy guidelines, conducts training, monitors transplant activities, maintains a national databank, and coordinates inter-regional organ allocations.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Laws and Rules Governing Organ Transplantation in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994:<\/strong> It is the primary legislation related to organ donation and transplantation in India and is aimed at <strong>regulation of removal, storage and transplantation<\/strong> of human organs for therapeutic purposes and for prevention of commercial dealings in human organs.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Makes Brainstem Death (BSD)<\/strong> a legal definition of death and lays down procedures for certification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011: <\/strong>It allows swapping of organs and widens the donor pool by including grandparents and grandchildren in the list.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules (THOT), 2014: <\/strong>It has many provisions to remove the impediments to organ donation while curbing misuse\/misinterpretation of the rules.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Facts Related to Organ Donation<\/strong><br><br>&#8211; <strong>13th August<\/strong> is observed every year as <strong>World Organ Donation Day <\/strong>to raise awareness on Organ Donation.&nbsp;<br>&#8211; <strong>Indian Organ Donation Day<\/strong> was celebrated every year on <strong>November 27<\/strong> but from 2023, the day is being celebrated on August 3 to commemorate the first successful deceased heart transplant in India on <strong>3rd August 1994<\/strong>.<br>&#8211; NOTTO has declared<strong> July<\/strong> as the month of Organ donation.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/what-are-the-legalities-involved-in-organ-transplants-explained\/article70368786.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India\u2019s performance in deceased organ donation remains extremely low (0.77 per million in 2023, compared to 49.38 in Spain). Nearly 5 lakh Indians die annually waiting for transplants.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organ Transplant and Donation<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Organ Transplantation\/Donation is a surgical procedure in which an organ, tissue or a group of cells are removed from one person and surgically transplanted into another person.\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">One person can save up to 8 lives by donating heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and intestines.\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">In India, the organ transplantation is one of the lowest in comparison with the western nations.\n<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-12-2025\/organ-transplant-legalities\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61060"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61229,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61060\/revisions\/61229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}