Lok Sabha Question No. 4003 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Organ Donation Policy
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4003 TO BE ANSWERED ON  10 TH AUGUST, 2018

## ORGAN DONATION POLIC Y

## 4003. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding the organ donation policy being implemented in the country;
- (b) the total demand and supply of human organs in the country, State/UTwise; and
- (c) the total number of paraplegia institutes in the country for the manufacture of artific and  the  number  of  medical  colleges  under  these  institutes  running  courses  in  orthoti prosthetics?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) : The Government of India has enacted Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (as amended in 2011) and made rules thereunder for regulation of removal, st and transplantation of human orga ns and tissues for therapeutic purposes. Further, the followi guidelines/regulations  have  been  issued  in  recent  past  for  facilitating  organ  donat transplantation in the country:
- Allocation Criteria for major organs and tissues Kidney, Heart, Liv er, Lung Heart -Lung and Cornea Transplant (Guidelines) has been formulated in 2016.
- Standard  Operating  Procedures  (SOPs)/protocols  for  management  of  brain  stem  dead donors and retrieval of different Organs.

These  are  available  in  public  domain  o n  the  website  of  National  Organ  and  Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) i.e www.notto.nic.in .

Contd……..

(b) : The estimated need for major human organs viz. kidney, heart and liver donations and number of organ transplants done is as under:

| Organs   | Need for transplants of cases of organ failure every   | new year Estimated No. of Organ Transplants per year (2017 Estimates)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Kidney   | 2,00,000                                               | 8000- 10000                                                             |
| Liver    | 30,000                                                 | 1800- 2000                                                              |
| Heart    | 50,000                                                 | 339                                                                     |

(c) : Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of  India (ALIMCO) is a Central Publi Section Enterprise (CPSE) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Social Just Empowerment,  Government  of  India.  It  manufactures  prosthetics  for  distribut ion  amongst persons with disabilities free of cost according to need of the beneficiaries under Ass Disabled Persons for purchase/fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) scheme of Government India.

As  informed  by  Rehabilitation  Coun cil  of  India,  the  Council  gives  approval  to  the institutions for running courses in the area of Prosthetics and Orthotics in the country. 19 institutes approved by the council which are running Master/Bachelor/Diploma course Prosthetics and O rthotics.

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