| Lok Sabha Parliamentary Q & A on Organ Donation & Transplantation |
| GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3959 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.05.2006 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION |
| 3959. SHRI VIJAY KRISHNA Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:- (a) whether India is lagging far behind from other advanced countries in the field of liver transplantation; (b) if so, whether the Government is contemplating to formulate a special action plan to make the facility of liver transplantation accessible to the common people; and (c) if so, the details thereof? |
ANSWER |
| THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI) (a) Yes Sir. As reported by ICMR , well developed facilities for liver transplantation are inadequate in India where at least two lakh people die annually from liver failure. (b) & (c) The Government is in the process of consulting all stake holders before arriving at a plan for encouraging cadaver organ retrieval (that would include liver retrieval also). |
