Aadhaar-based organ donation pledge portal led by National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) played key role in achieving this milestone.
- It also marks an advancement in the sustained efforts to promote voluntary organ donation and foster a culture of informed participation and social responsibility.
About organ transplantation
- It refers to the grafting of any human organ from a living or deceased person into another living person for therapeutic purposes, such as the kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, and intestine.
- Tissue Transplantation includes corneas (eye), skin, bone, heart valves, and blood vessels.
- Status: India ranks third globally in the total number of organ transplants, behind only the US and China.
- Challenges: India faces low deceased organ donation rates, a large transplant waitlist, organized organ trafficking networks, etc.
Organ Transplantation Framework in India
- Legal Framework: Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (THOTA) (amended in 2011), enacted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Under the Act, Brain Stem death is recognized as legal death in India.
- Institutional Mechanism: Three-tiered structure under THOTA:
- NOTTO: It operates a unified digital registry that enables voluntary pledging, recipient wait-list management, and near-real-time updates accessible via a web portal and mobile app.
- Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (ROTTO)
- State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO)
