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Patients, donors will be informed that the sessions are being recorded It will serve as proof about veracity of donor
CHENNAI: In a bid to further tighten the process of unrelated organ donations, the Authorisation Committee has begun videographing the interview sessions. Each meeting of the three-member Authorisation Committee to clear unrelated organ donors is videotaped and preserved. Patients and donors appearing for the counselling session are informed that the proceedings are being recorded, according to sources. The meeting is held every Friday, if the volume of applications is sufficient to warrant a session. The average remains around 10 cases per week, nearly constant since the sharp fall in the number of applications after an organ-trade racket was busted early this year. The video taping is being done to ensure that the rules are being followed by all groups involved: patients, donors, relatives, doctors and members of the Authorisation Committee. It will serve as proof if doubts arose about the veracity of a donor at a later date. Advantages
It will also ensure that the same person (donor) does not appear for the same patient or another patient after being rejected repeatedly. During the busting, there were complaints of donors who were rejected several times managing to make the grade by appearing for another patient. Currently, any patient rejected once can technically approach the Authorisation Committee one more time, seeking “reconsideration.” There are plans afoot to get rid of this provision as it is believed to give room for irregularities to creep in. The Authorisation Committee has decided to treat with suspicion every case of a donor coming from an area notorious for kidney trade; for instance, North Chennai and Villivakkam. Donor rejected
Recently, a case of a donor from Korukkupet (in North Chennai) was rejected due to conflicting reports from the patient, donor and spouse of the donor. According to sources, keeping the index of suspicion high for “notorious” addresses helps in rooting out foul play. The reasons for disqualification of the donors have also been posted online. Inability to produce appropriate documentation has been the cause for repeated rejections. In a single instance, the HLA typing was questioned. The Committee has also cited as reason their conviction that the donor was not aware of the consequences of organ donation, post surgery.
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