Lok Sabha Question No. 2235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Related to Organ Transplantation
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2235 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH DECEMBER, 2023

## STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (SOP) RELATED TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

## 2235. DR. T. R. PAARIVENDHAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has any proposal to adopt any SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) with regard to Organ Transplantation in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Union Government has any data regarding the total number of organ transplantation being undertaken across the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise and year-wise, including Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (PROF. SATYA PAL SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) & (b) The Government of India has enacted The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (amended in 2011) and notified the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014, for regulation of removal, storage and transplantation of human organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes and for prevention of commercial dealing in human organs and tissues. The aforesaid Act and Rules define the procedures with regard to organ retrieval and transplantation. The following guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been issued for facilitating organ donation and transplantation in the country:
- i) Guidelines of the National Organ Transplant Program and allocation criteria for major organs and tissues namely kidney, heart, liver, lung, heart-lung and cornea transplant are available on the website (https://notto.mohfw.gov.in/guidelines.htm → GUIDELINES) of National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO).
- ii) SOPs for management of brain dead donors and retrieval & transplantation of kidney, heart and cornea are available on the website (https://notto.mohfw.gov.in/sop.htm → STANDARD OPERATIVE PROCEDURE) of NOTTO.
- (c) The data regarding the total number of organ transplantation being undertaken across the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise and year-wise is given in the table as under:

| S. No.   | State/UT                           |   Total Transplants (year-wise) |   Total Transplants (year-wise) |   Total Transplants (year-wise) |
|----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT                           |                            2020 |                            2021 |                            2022 |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands        |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                             122 |                             260 |                             374 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                              13 |                              38 |                              64 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                               7 |                              25 |                              22 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |                             120 |                             195 |                             228 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       |                             213 |                              32 |                              75 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 9        | Delhi                              |                            1222 |                            1773 |                            3818 |
| 10       | Goa                                |                               4 |                               8 |                               3 |
| 11       | Gujarat                            |                             443 |                             800 |                            1077 |
| 12       | Haryana                            |                             566 |                             905 |                              81 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                               0 |                               2 |                               2 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                  |                               8 |                              21 |                              52 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          |                               1 |                               2 |                               7 |
| 16       | Karnataka                          |                             284 |                             494 |                             837 |
| 17       | Kerala                             |                             789 |                            1035 |                            1472 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                        |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 19       | Ladakh                             |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                              70 |                             180 |                             243 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                        |                             707 |                            1307 |                            1525 |
| 22       | Manipur                            |                               4 |                              10 |                              17 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                          |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 24       | Mizoram                            |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 25       | Nagaland                           |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 26       | Odisha                             |                              59 |                             125 |                             178 |
| 27       | Puducherry                         |                              12 |                              24 |                              38 |
| 28       | Punjab                             |                             395 |                             484 |                             535 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          |                             168 |                             407 |                             604 |
| 30       | Sikkim                             |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                         |                             925 |                            1665 |                            2245 |
| 32       | Telangana                          |                             551 |                            1137 |                            1179 |
| 33       | Tripura                            |                               0 |                               0 |                               0 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                             361 |                             510 |                             233 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                        |                               3 |                               3 |                               4 |
| 36       | West Bengal                        |                             396 |                             817 |                            1128 |
|          | Total                              |                            7443 |                           12259 |                           16041 |

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