Maharashtra govt to prepare policy on 'Green Corridor' to transport organs

Mumbai :-According to senior health official, Maharashtra government has decided to prepare an important policy on ‘Green Corridor’ to ascertain smooth way of transportation of harvested organs within specified time. The government has decided to prepare a policy and also objectionable a proposal to appoint a senior officer from the police department to handle issues related to the ‘Green Corridor’, state Director of Health Satish Pawar said. The policy seeks to iron out hurdles faced by police over jurisdiction issues, obtaining necessary No Objection Certificates and creating a green corridor for smooth way of ambulances carrying harvested organs. According to state Minister for Public Health Deepak Sawant, at present the wait list for cadaver transplants in Maharashtra is about 2,000. “Non Transplant Organ Retrieval Centres  are to be set up in hospitals having Intensive Care Units . These centres shall have counselors, who will convince relatives of brain dead patients for consenting to donate organs of their patient,” Sawant said. The minister had recently held the first meeting with representatives of government and private hospitals, traffic and other police officials including Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials and medical experts. “In Mumbai, the government can use display signages to inform motorists and pedestrians about green corridor route. The government is contemplating to have special stickers, sirens and specially designated lamp for ambulances meant to transport harvested human organs,” he said.