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Will change the age of organ donors

In case of blood donation with expected lower age, from 18 years old will be allowed to donate to their parents, siblings and biological grandparents.

In Vietnam, 6,286 tissue and organ transplants have been performed, in which, the most performed are still kidney transplants, followed by liver and heart transplants. death or brain death.

At the seminar “Orientation to develop legislation on donation, collection, transplantation, human body tissues and organs and donation and collection (amended)”, organized by the Ministry of Health on March 22, Ms. Tran Thi Trang, Deputy The Director of the Legal Department, Ministry of Health said that organ and tissue transplantation is one of the most advanced techniques in medicine.

The successes of organ transplant techniques save lives and improve the quality of life of many unfortunate people with serious diseases.

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Statistics by the end of December 31, 2021, in Vietnam, have performed 6,286 tissue and organ transplants. In which, the most performed transplant is kidney transplant with 5,874 cases (more than 93%), followed by liver transplant with 343 cases (more than 5%), heart transplant with 55 cases…

Currently, over 46,000 people across the country have registered to donate their organs after death or brain death. Many people have donated tissues and organs for treatment, and donated corneas to bring light to those unfortunate enough to have the disease.

However, after 15 years of implementing the Law on Donating, Taking, Transplanting, Human Organs and Tissues, and Donating and Taking Body, the Law has begun to reveal its inadequacies and requires adjustments to be in line with this Law. new case.

Accordingly, the current Law has a number of shortcomings regarding the age of tissue and organ donation; donor interests; regulation of brain death; the cost of taking and transplanting human tissues and organs…

To overcome these inadequacies, the direction for the development of the Amended Law will stipulate the rights of donors of tissues and organs, this is a very important content related to the rights of donors.

Among them are provisions related to the right to receive health care right after they give their lives and grant free health insurance cards.

“For donors after death and brain death, they must have benefits for their relatives, those who directly take care (natural children, biological fathers) regarding health insurance, health care, honoring … These rights are very important that the current regulations do not meet.

In addition, another problem is related to the age of donating tissues, organs, and human body parts. Currently, the law does not allow people under the age of 18 to donate, but in reality there is a real need.

Recently, there are cases like Hai An under 18 years old still donating… and some other cases. Therefore, there should be an adjustment related to age, “Ms. Trang analyzed.

According to the Deputy Director of the Legal Department, the issue of donor age regulation needs to be corrected to meet two requirements: on the one hand, increase the donation source, on the other hand, protect the health of the donor and at the same time prevent fraud. during organ donation.

Sharing this view, Assoc. Dong Van He, Deputy Director of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, said that there is no need to regulate the age of tissue and organ donation, but any age can donate organs.

According to Ms. Trang, the direction of the next amendment of the Law will stipulate that: in the case of brain death and post-mortem donation, unlimited age is allowed to increase the source of tissues and organs.

In the case of blood donation, which is expected to lower the age from 18 years old, it may be allowed to donate to their parents, siblings, or grandparents.

If you don’t share your blood, the age of 30 will be raised (currently 18) but now it will be raised to ensure that the donor has a mature, comprehensive development, and has stable conditions for a new job. consider “giving”.

One of the current shortcomings of the Law is that the Council to determine brain death has expert forensic experts. However, Dr. Dong Van He said that it is not necessary because when diagnosing brain death, it is necessary to specialize in imaging diagnostics, functional exploration specializing in scanning, to read properly because diagnosing brain death for 1 person is considered a death sentence, if not If the brain is dead, it can still be saved, if the brain is dead, the organs will be removed normally.

“Diagnosis must be really scientific and must have the right person in the right specialty to participate in the Council to determine brain death to be the strictest, most accurate, and avoid unnecessary confusion,” said Dr. let me know.

Dr. Dong Van He said that there are no regulations, but at Viet Duc Hospital, when performing organ transplants, he noticed the absurdity and actively brought it in since 2010, not waiting until now. Accordingly, Deputy Director of Viet Duc Hospital proposed in the Draft to add more radiologists and functional investigators to the committee to determine brain death.

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