Current Affairs Exam

Sotto amends rules, removes restrictions for organ recipients

The State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (Sotto) made amendments to Gujarat Deceased Organ and Tissue Transplantation Guidelines (G-Dot) documents, including removing the need to producedomicile papersand the upper age limit to receivecadaver organs.

“The directives 13.1 of G-Dothas been amended to remove the need for a domicile certificate. Directive 13.10 (B) will have a five-point roster where organs 1, 3, and 5 will go to non-government hospitals from a common pool and 2 and 4 to government hospitals. The fee under directive 13.10 (C) for registration of cadaver donation has been waived off.

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