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Kidney Donations From Mentally Challenged –Ethical, Moral, Legal?

March 14, 2006

Though it is a common procedure that doesn't require any court intervention, a man has petitioned the Chhattisgarh High Court asking it to allow his younger son to donate a kidney to his elder brother..The reason being the patient’s younger brother Ghanshyam is mentally challenged.

Thirty-year-old Kaushal who is surviving on dialysis for the last five months, ever since wrong medication led to the failure of both his kidneys. It is mandatory for a person who donates organs to give consent and doctors say he is fit to donate a kidney, but he is not in a position to give consent, which is crucial for any organ transplantation.

It's difficult to say whether 29-year-old Ghanshyam is aware of the turmoil in the family. Human Organ Transplant Act is silent on the issue of person with mental retardation “donating “ organs. It cannot be assessed whether 29-year-old Ghanshyam is aware of anything at all happening around him.

The Act says that no transplant can take place without the consent of the donor, but how consent is interpreted in the case of a mentally challenged person is not specified. Kaushal's father Radheyshyam has filed a petition in the High Court asking it to intervene. The High Court in turn has issued notices to the state government asking for a response.

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