The Union government has ordered an investigation into organ transplants involving foreign nationals in India.
Worried over the surge in the number of organ transplants linked to foreigners in the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare called for close monitoring of such transplants by authorities of States and Union Territories concerned and action on the hospitals found to be violating the rules.
Sources in the Tamil Nadu Health Department told The Hindu on Sunday that the Centre had expressed concern over reports of “commercial dealings” in organs being transplanted on foreigners. Data in the registry of the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) revealed the substantial increase in foreign nationals getting organs through private hospitals.
