In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad updated the members on the process of amending the Transplantation of Human Organs Act.
According to his reply, most of the stakeholders have been consulted on the matter. As it is a highly technical matter, consultations with domain experts have been undertaken, involving the programme officers of Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, officials of state governments, representatives of non-government organisations, transplant surgeons, clinicians, anesthetists, experts in immunegenetics, tissue experts specifically in cornea, skin, bone and heart valves, experts, and experts of National Informatics Centre.
Azad informed the House that the 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 Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 (CMVRs, 1989).
EH News Bureau
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