Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday strongly advocated for the formation of a uniform and firm law dealing with organ transplantation in India. He said that Chhattisgarh will very soon to come up with a law dealing with organ transplantation issue.
He was addressing a daylong national seminar on organ transplantation held at Dau Kalyan Singh Post Graduate Institute and Research Center here.
“There is need for a uniform and firm law dealing with organ transplantation so that in every state across India anyone need not face unnecessary troubles while organ transplantation,” Singh stated.
Transplantation of liver, Kidney, and other key organs can save lives of several people. Chhattisgarh is very soon going to pass a law in this regard, he stated.
“The medical technique of organ transplantation is challenging and about 5 lakh people in India are waiting in queue for getting organs transplanted,” he revealed.
After the foundation of state, the immediate priority before state government was to control maternal and child mortality rate. Ensuring better medical facilities for needy persons in Chhattisgarh was another huge responsibility and in past 16 years we have achieved considerable milestones, he claimed.
He informed that including AIIMS, Government and private medical colleges currently there are 10 medical colleges functioning in Chhattisgarh and qualified doctors have also been posted in far-flung regions.
According to Chief Minister, under the State Government’s health insurance scheme the limit of smart card has been increased to `50,000. The facility will be available for all sections of people living in Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Health Minister Ajay Chandrakar was also present at the function.