Amendment of Transplantation of Human Organ Rules under active consideration: Minister
By TIOL News Service NEW DELHI, DEC 07, 2012: WHILE answering a question in the Lok Sabha today, the Health Minister, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, said that the Transplantation of Human Organs Act has been amended in the year 2011. The Transplantation of Human Organs Rules are under the process of revision. Most of the stakeholders have been consulted on the matter. A number of consultations have been held to amend the Transplantation of Human Organs Rules involving the programme officers of Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, officials of State Governments, representatives of Non-Government Organizations, Transplant Surgeons, Clinicians, Anesthetists, Experts in immunegenetics, Tissue Experts specifically in Cornea, Skin, Bone and Heart Valves, Experts, and Experts of National Informatics Centre. Matter is under examination in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways in consultation with Ministry of Law and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for amending the CMVRs, 1989. The draft rules have been examined in consultation with various stakeholders. As it is a highly technical matter, consultations with domain experts have been undertaken.
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