NEW DELHI, August 4, 2024 (TBINN)
Union Health Ministry for the first time has come out with S.O.P.s for transporting organs seamless transport of human organs through various modes of travel such as Air, Road, Railways and Waterways.
The Standard Operating Procedure issued by the government will serve as a guiding document for those involved in organs transplants across the country.
“By streamlining organ-transport process, we aim to maximise the utilisation of precious organs and offer hope to countless patients awaiting life-saving transplants.
“These S.O.P.s are a roadmap for organ retrieval and transplant institutions across the country ensuring adherence to best practices and quality standards,” Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra said.
A live organ needs to be transported between hospitals when both the organ donor and the organ recipient are in different hospitals either within the same city or in different cities.
According to S.O.P.s for transportation by Air, airlines carrying human cadaveric organs can request the Air Traffic Control for priority take-off and landing of the aircraft and arrange front-row seats.
They can also request priority reservation and a provision for late check-in for medical personnel transporting organs.
The source airport will inform and communicate to the destination airport to facilitate the arrival process, according to S.O.P.s.
The flight Captain may make an in-flight announcement that human organs are being transported, guidelines stated.
The S.O.P.s said that trolleys can be arranged for carrying the organ box from the aircraft to the ambulance on arrival by the airport and airline staff and in case the ambulance is allowed until the runway, the airline crew can guide and assist the accompanying medical personnel carrying the organ box to disembark from the staircase onto the runway directly and into the waiting ambulance.
Concerned airport official(s) should define a “Green Corridor” — free from obstruction — and a trolley for the organ box from ambulance to the aircraft at the airport of origin and vice versa.
According to S.O.P.s, to facilitate transport of organs by ambulance and other vehicles, the “Green Corridor” may be provided for organ-transport on the request of specific authorities or agencies.
The “One Trigger System” i.e. a request from the organ allocation authority (NOTTO/ROTTO/SOTTO) to initiate the process of organ transport by creation of Green corridors”, may be considered for this purpose, it said.
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