Organ transplantation in India is regulated by the Transplantation of Human Organs & Tissues Act (THOTA), which recently spurred a government investigation into potential violations.
About Organ transplantation in India:
- THOTA, 1994 is designed to regulate the removal, storage, and transplantation of human organs and tissues exclusively for therapeutic purposes and to curb commercial transactions involving them.
- However, it does not cover artificial organs.
- THOTA was updated in 2011, changing its name from “Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 1994” to its current name and it now acknowledges Brain Stem death as a legal form of death, which facilitates more organ and tissue transplants compared to natural cardiac death.
- The National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), a national-level entity under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, coordinates and networks the procurement and distribution of organs and tissues across the country.
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