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In a move to enhance communication and efficiency in the organ transplantation process, the Delhi High Court has ordered that donors and recipients must be informed of any deficiencies in their documentation via WhatsApp or email.This decision ...

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This came weeks after The Indian Express on January 3 reported that several lapses in the processes were found by a committee set up by the Delhi government to review allegations of commercial dealing in organs by Myanmar nationals who underwent transplant in Delhi’s Apollo Hospital.

A petitioner seeking a kidney transplant died waiting for permissions to come through. While there are stringent rules for organ transplantation, the court has said that timelines must be followed in the true spirit of the transplant law.

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday fixed timelines to be followed by the Authorisation Committee under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014, for conducting interviews and...

High Court said that there is a sense of urgency in organ donation and the absence of fixed timelines is defeating the purpose of statutes.

It all started when in September 2023, 58-year-old Francisca Zacharia from Tanzania travelled to Ahmedabad, seeking treatment for stage five chronic kidney disease (CKD).

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking permission to allow liver donation by a person to his cousin, a 3 year old child who is suffering from a chronic liver disease.The authorisation...