NOTTO-ID

• 16 May 2024

Source: IE

Recently, the centre has expressed its concern over the violations of Laws related to Organ Transplantation in India.

• Centre has urged States to direct the appropriate authority under the Transplantation of Human Organs & Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994, to investigate transplants in respect of foreign nationals in the State.
• It has also directed the states to ensure that a NOTTO (National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation) ID is generated for the donor and recipient for both living-donor as well as deceased-donor transplants.
  • NOTTO-ID is mandatory for considering allocation of organs in case of deceased-donor transplant.
• Centre has directed that this ID in case of a living-donor transplant shall also be generated at the earliest, maximum within 48 hours after the transplant surgery is done.
• As per the Indian law, Commercial Trading of the Organ is Not Allowed.
  • Organ can be donated by a living person only if they (donor and recipient) are close relatives or share a close bond and want to donate altruistically.

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