Lok Sabha Question No. 163 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Guidelines for Organ Donation
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 163 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH FEBRUARY , 2021 GUIDELINES FOR ORGAN DONATION

## *163. MS. RAMYA HARI DAS:

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

- (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines for organ donation in country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the list of organs donated during the years, State /UT-wise; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  awareness  on  or donation?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a)to ( c)A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEME NT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 163* FOR 12 TH FEBRUARY , 2021

(a) Yes.  The  Transplantation  of  Human  Organs  and  Tissues  Act,  1994 (as amended in 2011) and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules 2014  made thereunder  provide  guidelines  for  organ  donation.  Further, following  guidelines  have  also  been  issued  in  respect  of  organ  donation transplantation in the country (available on the website of National Org Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) i.e. www.notto.gov.in ):

1. Highlights  of  National  Organ  and  Tissue  Transplant  Programme  and Operational Guidelines for its implementation, in 2015.
2. Allocation criteria for major organs and tissues viz. kidney, heart liver, lung, heart - lung and cornea transplant (Guidelines)
3. Standard  Operative  Procedures  (SOPs)/protocols  for  management  of brain stem dead donors and retrieval of different organs.

(b) As per the data available with NOTTO, the number of organ donation from 1 st January to 31 st December in each of the last three calendar years, Stat -wise is Annexed.

(c) Government  is  taking  several  steps  from  time  to  time  to  incre awareness on organ donation.  These include dissemination of information NOTTO, 'Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organizations (ROTTOs)' and 'State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organizations (SOTTOs)', the three tiered structure  set  up  under  the  National  Organ  Transplant  Program  (NOTP); websitewww.notto.gov.in ; a 24x7 call centre with a toll free helpline numb (1800114770) to provide information, tele - counseling and to help in coordination for organ donation; a number of activities are organized acro country for generating awareness , such as celebration of Indian Organ Donation Day  annually,  seminars,  workshops,  debates,  sports  events,  walkatho participation in marathons, nukkad natak, etc; display boards on organ do are put up outside ICUs and other strategic locations in t he transplant/retrieval hospitals; advertisement in print media; dissemination of audio and audio - visual messages  through  social  media  (Facebook,  Twitter,  You  Tube  Channel); electronic media etc.

|                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        | ANNEXURE                               | ANNEXURE                               |                                        |                                        |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS | ORGANS DONATED DURING LAST THREE YEARS |
| S.No                                   | STATES/ UTs                            | (Between 1 January 2018                | (Between 1 January 2018                | December each year) 2019               | December each year) 2019               | 2020                                   | 2020                                   |                                        |                                        |
| S.No                                   | STATES/ UTs                            | DECEASED                               | LIVING                                 | DECEASED                               | LIVING                                 | DECEASED                               | LIVING                                 |                                        |                                        |
| 1                                      | Andaman Nicobar Island                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 2                                      | Andhra Pradesh                         | 157                                    | 64                                     | 47                                     | 249                                    | 4                                      | 98                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 3                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 4                                      | Assam                                  | 0                                      | 21                                     | 0                                      | 31                                     | 0                                      | 8                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 5                                      | Bihar                                  | 0                                      | 15                                     | 0                                      | 34                                     | 2                                      | 13                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 6                                      | Chandigarh                             | 100                                    | 153                                    | 69                                     | 165                                    | 40                                     | 80                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 7                                      | Chhattisgarh                           | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 8                                      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 9                                      | Delhi                                  | 80                                     | 1986                                   | 74                                     | 2111*                                  | 28                                     | 1086                                   |                                        |                                        |
| 10                                     | Goa                                    | 0                                      | 4                                      | 0                                      | 6                                      | 2                                      | 3                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 11                                     | Gujarat                                | 145                                    | 265                                    | 168                                    | 647                                    | 97                                     | 342                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 12                                     | Haryana                                | 8                                      | 423*                                   | 4                                      | 826                                    | 8                                      | 554                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 13                                     | Himachal Pradesh                       | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 14                                     | Jammu and Kashmir**                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 32                                     | 0                                      | 8                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 15                                     | Ladakh                                 |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 16                                     | Jharkhand                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 61                                     | 0                                      | 1                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 17                                     | Karnataka                              | 277                                    | 479                                    | 312                                    | 270                                    | 94                                     | 189                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 18                                     | Kerala                                 | 28                                     | 227                                    | 54                                     | 909*                                   | 45                                     | 831                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 19                                     | Lakshdweep                             | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 20                                     | Madhya Pradesh                         | 20                                     | 110                                    | 9                                      | 74                                     | 0                                      | 63                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 21                                     | Maharashtra                            | 370                                    | 667                                    | 463                                    | 1089                                   | 181                                    | 287                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 22                                     | Manipur                                | 0                                      | 15                                     | 0                                      | 5                                      | 0                                      | 4                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 23                                     | Meghalaya                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 24                                     | Mizoram                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 25                                     | Nagaland                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 26                                     | Odisha                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 93                                     | 2                                      | 46                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 27                                     | Puducherry                             | 26                                     | 25                                     | 6                                      | 25                                     | 3                                      | 9                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 28                                     | Punjab                                 | 2                                      | 53                                     | 0                                      | 514                                    | 0                                      | 390                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 29                                     | Rajasthan                              | 15                                     | 46                                     | 12                                     | 232                                    | 14                                     | 196                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 30                                     | Sikkim                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 31                                     | Tamil Nadu                             | 768                                    | 1310                                   | 530                                    | 1287                                   | 197                                    | 664                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 32                                     | Telangana                              | 445                                    | 471                                    | 346                                    | 528                                    | 200                                    | 292                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 33                                     | Tripura                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 34                                     | Uttar Pradesh                          | 15                                     | 1004                                   | 7                                      | 590                                    | 3                                      | 375                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 35                                     | Uttarakhand                            | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |                                        |                                        |
| 36                                     | West Bengal                            | 37                                     | 748                                    | 37                                     | 824                                    | 23                                     | 324                                    |                                        |                                        |
|                                        | Total                                  | 2493                                   | 8086                                   | 2138                                   | 10608                                  | 943                                    | 5863                                   |                                        |                                        |