Lok Sabha Question No. 4059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Organ Transplantation Facilities
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DUSHYANT SINGH, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4059 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH AUGUST, 2018

## ORGAN TRANSPLANTATIO N FACILITIES

## 4059. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

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

- (a) whether more than 95 per cent of organ transplants are currently performed in the private sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of Government hospitals in the country which are capable to undertake organ transplantation State/UT - wise;
- (c) the number of deaths happened due to lack of organ transplantation facilities in the country during the last three years, State/UT - wise;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to provide Government hospitals in the country with organ transplantation facilities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  plans  to fund  organ  transplants  under  newly launched  Natio nal Health Protection Scheme and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) : As per the information available with National Organ and Tissue Transplan Organisation (NOTTO) which registers hospitals for the purpose of networking, 186 hospi are  currently  registered  for  organ  transplantation  in  the  country,  out  of  which  163  t plant hospitals are in the private sector.
- (b): The number of government hospitals which are capable of undertaking transplantation in the country, State/UT -wise is at Annexure.

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- (c): Health  is  a  State  subject.  Data  regarding number  of  deaths  due to  lack  of  organ transplantation facilities in the country is not available.
- (d): The Government is implementing the National Organ Transplant Programme (NOTP) to promote organ donation across the country. An apex level organization viz. National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) has been set - up at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi for national  networking,  national  registry,  and  distribution  of  donated  Organs  &  Tissues deceased  persons.  In  a ddition,  a  National  Biomaterial  Centre  has  also  been  established NOTTO and made functional. Five other Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisations (ROTTOs) have also been set up under NOTP.

Further, NOTP has provisions for establishment of St ate Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisations (SOTTO) in every State/UT, establishment of 10 Biomaterial Centres, finan assistance  for  d eveloping  new  and  strengthening  the  existing retrieval  and  transplant  units  in Government medical colleges of all St ates /UTs and support to retrieval (Non -Tra splant Organ Retrieval  Centres)  /Transplant  Centres  for  maintenance  of  cadavers  and  financial  suppo provision of Transplant Coordinators to medical colleges and trauma centres.

(e): No.

ANNEXURE

| S.No.   | State/UT      |   Government Organ Transplant Hospitals |
|---------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam         |                                       1 |
| 2       | Bihar         |                                       1 |
| 3       | Chandigarh    |                                       1 |
| 4       | Delhi(UT)     |                                       5 |
| 5       | Goa           |                                       1 |
| 6       | Gujarat       |                                       1 |
| 7       | Kerala        |                                       3 |
| 8       | Maharashtra   |                                       4 |
| 9       | Puducherry    |                                       2 |
| 10      | Uttar Pradesh |                                       2 |
| 11      | West Bengal   |                                       2 |
|         | Total         |                                      23 |