| Dr Adib calls for making ethical donation of organs |
| Monday, 09 June 2008 | |
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Lack of implementation of law and transparency in the induction of the right people in the evaluation, inspection and monitoring teams set up after the promulgation of the organs ordinance are the main causes behind the continuing kidney trade in the country, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) head, Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi, said Sunday. He was speaking to journalists after the inauguration of the Brachytherapy Unit at the SIUT. Dr Rizvi said that private hospitals in Lahore and Rawalpindi were allegedly involved in the organs trade. He said a retired army doctor was continuing this practice in Rawalpindi and he had also set up a “satellite clinic” in Azad Kashmir as Pakistani law did not apply there. Dr Rizvi mentioned that the government had asked Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against the doctors and clinics allegedly involved in organs trade but the FIA officials say that they were not given the powers to take such elements to task. “Elements with vested interests are hindering the implementation of the law because they are earning one-and-a half billion rupees through kidney trade annually,” he informed. The SIUT used to conduct three transplants in a week but now they were conducting two transplants a day. “We now plan to conduct three transplants a day in order to show that legal and ethical transplants are being conducted and donors are also available,” Dr Rizvi said, adding that from next week they would increase the number of transplantations. He regretted that around 85 to 90 percent of the population of the country had been disenfranchised from the benefits of medical sciences owing to the non-provision of funds. This was also a main reason behind the lack of organ donations in the country, he added. Dr Rizvi said that poor people could not benefit from organ donation, adding that kidney failure was still a death warrant for the poor because they could not afford Rs25,000 to Rs30,000 for its treatment per month. “Why should the poor people donate their organs after death when you are not providing them any benefit of modern life?” Dr. Rizvi asked. “You are doing the same thing which a Wadera use to do in rural areas, as he does not give the share of crops to the poor farmers, thus depriving them of their due benefits.” He said there was an urgent need for making ethical donations in the country to save the lives of thousands of people and these donations should be given on daily basis. He said a dead person could save the lives of around 17 people and could provide eyesight to 34 people. |
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