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The government is cracking down on illegal organ transplants
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The Union Ministry of Health has directed all states and union territories to take strict action against cases of illegal organ transplants taking place in the country. Also, the Ministry of Health said that the license of any hospital found to be performing organ transplants illegally or breaking the organ transplant law should be revoked.
The Ministry of Health wrote a letter to all countries
Dr. Atul Goyal, Director General of Health Services, Government of India, has written a letter in this regard to all States and Union Territories. In this letter, Dr. Goyal said that all the data of all organ transplants must be shared with the National Organization for Organ and Tissue Transplantation on a monthly basis. This should include data on the citizens of the country as well as on foreign citizens. This instruction of the Ministry of Health was discovered after the organ transplant racket was exposed Illegal in Haryana and Rajasthan where Bangladeshi people were also included.
Instructions for canceling the registration to the hospital
The Ministry of Health wrote in the letter that “there has been a jump in the number of recorded cases of organ transplants to foreign citizens in the country. In such a situation, these matters must also be examined. According to the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994, a team appointed by the state should investigate the cases of Organ transplants done to foreign citizens in their countries. Dr. Goyal also wrote in the letter that “if the law is violated, strict measures must be taken and actions such as canceling the registration of the hospital involved in illegal organ transplants.”
