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India’s organ donation system is being overhauled under the ‘One Nation, One Policy’, with NOTTO centralising registrations, ending domicile rules and introducing a uniform allocation model to curb transplant tourism, improve transparency and ensure organs reach the most deserving patients nationwide.

The Government of India’s move directing hospitals to form organ and tissue donation teams in ICUs is timely and long overdue, given the country’s dismal donation rate

It will serve as guiding document for those involved in organs transplants across the country and are aimed at ensuring maximum utilisation

There are more than 50,000 individuals across the country who are in the waiting list for donor organs, according to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare