National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) Prioritizes Women Patients and Deceased Donors

• The National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has issued a 10-point advisory to prioritize women patients and relatives of deceased donors awaiting organ transplants.

• The inclusions aim to address gender disparity in organ transplant allocation.

• The allocation criteria for major organs and tissues have been prescribed by NOTTO for transparency and equity.

• Priority is given according to disease duration, waiting list period, severity of illness, children, living donor now requiring transplant, and matching parameters.

• NOTTO maintains a digital national registry of organ recipients and donors.

• Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda announced that over 3.3 lakh citizens pledged to donate their organs since the launch of the NOTTO online pledge website in 2023.

• All transplant hospitals and centres will have to submit donor and recipient data to a national registry maintained by NOTTO.