Lok Sabha Question No. 719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Demand for Human Organs
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. 719 TO BE ANSWERED ON  14 TH DECEMBER, 2018

## DEMAND FOR HUMAN ORG ANS

## 719. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

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

- (a) the details of human organ donation policy being implemented under the Ministry;
- (b) the demand for human organs in the country and the availability of the same, State/UT - wise;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  paraplegia  institutes  functional  at  present  in  the  country development of artificial human organs; and
- (d)  the  number  of  medical  colleges  wherein  Orthotics  and  Prosthetics  courses  are conducted?

## 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 rem oval, sto age and transplantation  of  human  organs  and  tissues  for  therapeutic  purposes.  Further,  the  fo guidelines/regulations  have  been  issued  in  recent  past  for  facilitating  organ  donat transplantation in the country:
- Allocation Criteria f or major organs and tissues Kidney, Heart, Liver, 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  on  the  website  of  National  Organ  and  Tis Transplant Organization (NOTTO) i.e www.notto.gov.in .

Contd……..

(b) : The exact data regarding demand for human organs in the country and the availability of the same , State/UT - wise is not available. However, the estimated need for major human organ viz. kidney, heart and liver donations and the number of organ transplants done is as unde

Organ

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

(c)& (d) : Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) is a Central Publi Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Social Just Empowerment,  Government  of  India.  It  manufactures  prosthetics  for  distributio n  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  Council of  India,  the  Council  gives  approval  to  the institutions for running courses in the area of Prosthetics and Orthotics in the country. 17 institutes approved by the council which are running Master/Bachelor/Diploma course Prosthetics and Orth otics.

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