PANJIM: Goans, who need kidney transplant/replacement, would not to have to travel out of the state anymore to avail the facilities as the same would soon be made available in the Goa Medical College, the premier health institute in the state.
According to the information provided by the dean of Goa Medical College, Dr V N Jindal, full-fledged kidney transplant facilities have been set up in the college after the urology department started functioning under the stewardship of Dr Madhumohan Prabhudessai.
Dr Jindal said the state government has already set up two committees as required under the Kidney Transplant Act to prevent misuse and prevent racketeering. He said that he would write to the authorisation committee (the first of the two committees) on Friday to seek recognition for the GMC to start the transplant facilities.
He informed that the four-member authorisation panel was headed by Dr Rajnanda Dessai, the director of health services department. The committee on inspection of the facilities would give its approval if it finds that they were adequate, he said adding that the facilities created for kidney transplant were top class.
The GMC dean further stated that every case for kidney transplant would be scrutinized by the nine-member assessment committee, headed by the health secretary, Mr Rajiv Verma, before giving approval to the authorities to go ahead with the kidney transplant. The committee consists of non-GMC doctors and advocates.
Stating that the committee would interview the donor and the recipient (which would be video-recorded) to ascertain that the transplantation was being done under the rules and not under duress or for any other consideration, he went on to add that it would also be ascertained whether the donor and the recipient were related or not. He also said that donation of kidney by third party would not be considered as per the rules.
Dr Jindal further said that the kidney transplantation could start in the GMC as soon as the approval of the authorisation committee was received and that the urology department was fully equipped and geared up to carry out transplant operations.
The state has recorded a large number of kidney failure cases and affected people have to travel out of the state to avail the facilities as they are not available in Goa.
There are many foreigners coming to India and other third world countries to buy kidneys. Many poor people are selling kidneys in these countries. Goa now having a Kidney Transplant Hospital there must be s strict monitoring process in place to check on abusers.
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