Amendments in Transplantation of Human organ Act, 1994
The broad areas involving amendments to the Act are:
1. To rename the Act as the “Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act”;
Liver Transplantation - Facts, Contraindications, Procedure, Follow up, Complications & Prognosis
Liver transplantation is a surgical option for the treatment of liver failure where the diseased liver is replaced with a healthy one.
Liver transplantation is a surgical option for the treatment of liver failure where the diseased liver is replaced with a healthy one.
3. To provide for the enucleation of corneas by a trained technician;
4. To enable a surgeon/physician and an anesthetist/intensivist to be included in the medical board in the event of non availability of a neurosurgeon/neurologist for certification of brain death;
Quiz on Kidney
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist, and are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine.
Healthy kidneys filter about half a cup of blood every minute, removing wastes and extra water to make urine. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through two thin tubes of muscle called ureters, one on each side of your bladder. The bladder stores urine. The kidneys, ureters, and bladder are partof the urinary tract.
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kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body. Kidneys also remove acid that is produced by the cells of your body and maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals-such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus and potassium-in your blood ().
Without this balance, nerves, muscles, and other tissues in the body may not work normally.
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist, and are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine.
Healthy kidneys filter about half a cup of blood every minute, removing wastes and extra water to make urine. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through two thin tubes of muscle called ureters, one on each side of your bladder. The bladder stores urine. The kidneys, ureters, and bladder are partof the urinary tract.
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Understanding Brain Death
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Interactive section of Medindia helps us in better understanding of Brain Death
Without this balance, nerves, muscles, and other tissues in the body may not work normally.
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- Control your blood pressure
- Make red blood cells
- Keep your bones strong and healthy
6. To provide for Swap Donations of organs;
7. To empower the Central Government to prescribe the composition of Authorization Committees and to empower Union Territories to set up their own authorization committees;
8. To regulate the transplantation of organs for foreign nationals;
9. To prevent the exploitation of minors;
10. To provide for the establishment of Advisory Committees for Appropriate Authorities;
11. To vest in Appropriate Authorities, the power to summon persons, seek production of documents, issue search warrants etc;
12. To establish a National Organ Retrieval, Banking & Transplantation Network;
13. To provide for the development and maintenance of a national registry of the recipients of organ transplants;
14. To create the position of a ‘Transplant Coordinator’ in all hospitals registered for organ retrieval and or transplantation;
15. To provide for the registration of Non Government Organizations working in the field of organ retrieval and or transplantation in any manner whatsoever;
16. To enhance the penalties under the act; and
17. To expand the rule making powers of the Central Government.
Health is a state subject. Data regarding Organ Transplantation is not maintained centrally.
This information was given by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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