Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Amendments in Transplantation of Human organ Act, 1994
Lok Sabha
The broad areas involving amendments to the Act are:
To rename the Act as the “Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act”;
To expand the definition of the term ‘near relatives’ to include grandparents and grandchildren;
To provide for the enucleation of corneas by a trained [...]
From : http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/11/19/stories/2009111952340700.htm
KOCHI: In a drive to promote cadaver organ donation, the judiciary led the campaign by signing the form for donating organs after death at a seminar on ‘Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994’ organised by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority in association with the Society of Organ Retrieval and Transplantation (SORT).
Chief Justice of [...]
Organs utilised by Transplant Hospitals in TN (Oct 08 to Oct 09)
KIDNEY
Stanley
Local
1
Share
12
GH
Local
1
Share
14
Apollo
Local
20
Share
6
Chettinad
Local
0
Share
1
ABC, Trichy
Local
6
Share
5
Madurai Meenakshi
Local
3
Share
3
CMC
Local
7
Share
4
Kumaran
Local
1
Share
1
SRMC
Local
2
Share
4
Galaxy
Local
1
Share
0
Kamakshi
Local
1
Share
1
Madurai Kidney Centre
Local
0
Share
2
Global
Local
2
Share
0
Kovai Medical Centre
Local
0
Share
1
KG
Local
1
Share
0
LIVER
Chettinad
Local
0
Share
3
Apollo
Local
15
Share
10
CMC
Local
5
Share
2
Stanley
Local
1
Share
2
Global
Local
2
Share
1
Out State
Share
1
HEART
Frontier Lifeline
Local
1
Share
11
Apollo
Local
2
Share
0
GH
Local
0
Share
1
TOTAL
Kidney
Local
46
Share
54
Liver
Local
23
Share
19
Heart
Local
3
Share
12
Total
157
Notes:
Local’ refers to organs taken from in-house donors
Share’ are organs received from outside. Second Kidney allocated to the same donor hospital is treated as ‘Share’.
Share [...]