I don't know why the govt does not make it legal to donate/sell organs. That's the best way to remove poverty in India. The only care should be taken by the govt that every donated(sold) kidney, the doner would get 10 lakh govt bond. The money 10 lakh should be taken by the receipient. This way just from hte interest of the money the doner's kids can get good education and its family good food. Donating one kidney from a healthy person does not harm the doner. If sister, brother, uncle, mother, father, wife, son, daughter can give donate the kidney to the relative, without any problems to them in future then why not have it just legal for everyone. But of course there should be severe laws and punishment for wrongful transplant. the condition of hte doner has to be healthy enough for all the standards. And Drs. should be aware that he would be simply "Hanged" if he operates wrongfully, that responsibility is on his head. The blood work etc of the donner has to be done in various places, privately and publicly - a system has to be evolved. I don't think why this is not done in India. In US, who actually made this donations illegal, recently declared that any prisioner, if donates his/her organs their punishment would be lowered by 10 years or so. Donating of kidney saves life and India should come out with a system to make it legal and absolutely safe, without any loopholes.
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by Nimesh Dikshit on Oct 17, 2007 02:38 AM Permalink
for 1 caror many govt employees may go for transplant. if you want only the poorest of the poor be helped amount should be enough so that a family can survive in better situation then its already is. Right now this people get only 50K for the transplant. 10K is 20 times more
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by Sree Jani on Oct 17, 2007 02:32 AM Permalink
1. could increase human trafficking (and as an related issue, prostitution) 2. could increase exploitation of the poor/gullible by human agents
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by Nimesh Dikshit on Oct 17, 2007 02:35 AM Permalink
Lalit Sharma. I only talked about evolving a syste of laws that protects unlawful transplants, with most severe punishment like death penalty. No doctor would do a surgory if his life is at stack. 10 lakh was just a number, so that with 5% the donner gets 50K for life every year. The ammount can be discussed.
As long as the fear of increase in Human Trafficking etc are concerned, that happens already. Legalising this might reduce that.
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by lucky on Oct 17, 2007 01:17 AM Permalink
well said Nimesh..legalising organ donation can also solved the problem.yeah it will wipe out poverty to some extent..but this is the point which no body understand..poverty is backbone of out babus,MLAs and leaders..then on what thing they will survive ?..arey bhai garib nahi hoga to garibi hatao ke slogan kaun bolega election ke waqt..
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by sivaraman adithya sreenivasan on Oct 17, 2007 01:21 AM Permalink
Organ donation is already a legal transaction in India. The organ donors are not paid properly and in some case it is stolen without the patient's consent.
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by ram kumar on Oct 17, 2007 01:21 AM Permalink
Would it be okay if a guy killed someone for money? Would it be okay if a guy killed himself for money? Would prostitution be okay? Where do you draw the line then?
