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NEW DELHI: The government plans to create a national digital organ donor register, which will maintain a confidential record of prospective donors, said people with knowledge of the matter...
The move, on the lines of the national population register, is aimed at building a comprehensive database of available organ donors to meet increasing demand for organ transplant in the country...
The register will serve as a single platform with Aadhaar authenticated data for all donors and patients waiting for organ transplant to ensure in-time and transparent organ donation in the country while doing away with the middlemen...
India has 0.14 million potential donors who have voluntarily pledged their organs and the government aims to have 10 million prospective donors by the end of 2024 under the Angdaan Mahotsav, which started in July 2023...
Stakeholder ministries and government departments, including the health and family welfare ministry, home affairs ministry, NITI Aayog, the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) and the National Health Authority, have deliberated upon similar registers available elsewhere in the world and developed an India-specific registry..
