Lok Sabha Parliamentary Q & A on Organ Donation & Transplantation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 4600

ANSWERED ON 07.09.2012

NORMS FOR ORGAN DONATIONS

4600. Shri NINONG ERING

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has stipulated for new norms/guidelines for the Medical Council of India (MCI) to improve the life span of the general masses in context for organ donation; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)

(a) & (b): No such guidelines have been issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the Medical Council of India.