The first stage of allocation is to the Lists. The norms for this go as follows:
One Kidney (called ‘Local’) goes to the Hospital List of the transplant hospital where the organ donation happens. If the donation takes place in a non-transplant hospital, both Kidneys become Share Kidneys.
Second Kidney (called ‘Share’), if it arises in a Government Hospital, will be allocated in the following order, moving to the next if no match is found in the earlier list:
- Combined Government Hospitals List
- Combined Private Hospitals List
- Government Hospitals outside the State
- Private Hospitals outside the State
- Foreign National in or out of State
Should Share Kidney arise in a Private Hospital, the order will be as follows:
- Combined Government and Private Hospitals List
- Government / Private Hospitals outside the State
- Foreign National in or out of State
The second stage of allocation is to the specific Recipient on the allotted List. Subject to blood group match, this goes as follows:
For Local Kidney that gets allocated to the Donor Hospital List, the hospital’s own priority criteria, as intimated to the Convenor, will apply.
For Share Kidney, priority will be based on seniority of registration with the Convenor, and where this seniority is the same, seniority of period on dialysis will apply.
All those on the Initial List registered during the given time window will be treated as having registered simultaneously on the last day of the window.
Recipients below 10 years of age will have priority to be matched with donors below 10 years.
Recipients above the age of sixty can also be registered and will be considered for allocation or kidneys from donors above the age of sixty or of other kidneys not matched or accepted by recipients below the age of sixty
O group recipients will have priority to be matched with O group donors.