Chennai, February 24 The Madras High Court has directed the Directorate of Medical Education and Research here not to view all organ donors with suspicion, and has directed it to grant permission for transplantation to a patient with chronic kidney disease stage 5, who received the organ from the brother of his maternal aunt's husband.
Justice P T Asha held that "it would be impractical to assess organ donation between non-relatives using mathematical scales or view them with suspicion."
Hearing petitions from a patient suffering from chronic kidney disease stage V and his donor, seeking a direction to the authorisation committee of DME to grant approval for organ transplant, the court said that the donor is the brother of the patient's maternal aunt's husband, and he had come forward to offer his organ.
"It should not be forgotten that some compassionate individuals are willing to selflessly donate their organs to give a new lease of life to a family member or friend. Therefore, it would be impractical to assess every donation between non-relatives using mathematical scales or view them with suspicion in such summary proceedings," the Bench observed in the recent order.
It said that saving a life is important.
Justice Asha held that the rejection by the Authorisation Committee was arbitrary and baseless, and directed the Committee to grant permission for transplantation in accordance with the law within a period of 3 weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of the order.