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Cornea Transplantation
November 3 , 2024
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- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare may amend the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994.
- It aims to facilitate the retrieval of cornea from all Indian patients who die in hospitals, without consent from the family.
- Going by the new initiative, corneas could be retrieved from all citizens who die in hospitals without the consent of the family.
- This means that every person dying in a hospital would be presumed to be a cornea donor.
- However, those not willing to donate cornea should have registered their unwillingness to donate while alive
- Currently the country is being able to meet only 50% of the requirement by donation.
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