BMJ 1994;308:1657 (25 June)

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India outlaws trade in human organs

G Nandan 

The Indian parliament has passed a landmark bill that outlaws trade in human organs and redefines death to allow organs to be taken from donors certified as brain stem dead. The Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, approved by parliament last week, is intended to put an end to India's thriving trade in human organs. The bill will pave the way for India's first liver and heart transplant operations and is also expected to make more kidneys available for transplantation. Parliamentary approval of the bill comes after five years of a nationwide campaign by the medical community and nongovernment organisations opposed to what are regarded as widespread unethical practices in obtaining organs for transplantation.

Until now doctors in India could not legally harvest organs from donors certified as brain stem dead because Indian law defined the moment of death as the cessation of the heartbeat. Almost all kidneys transplanted have . . . [Full text of this article]


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