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Bombay HC Directs Hospital to Decide in 2 Days, Minor’s Request to Donate Liver to Father

Shivani Thakur

Published on: May 5 , 2022 at 16:38 IST

The Bombay High Court directed a Private Hospital in Mumbai to decide within two days on an application submitted by a 16-year-old girl who wants to donate a part of her liver to her ailing father.

Her Lawyer Tapan Thatte, informed the Court that the hospital was not accepting her form as there was no clarity on the Procedure to be followed when an organ donor is a minor.

Government Pleader P P Kakade told the Bench that the Authority which grants such permissions had not received any documents from the authorization committee of Global Hospital, where the patient is admitted.

As per the Petition, the girl’s father needs liver transplant as he has been diagnosed with ‘Liver Cirrhosis Decompensated’. No other close relative was found medically suitable for donating liver.

As the Petitioner is a minor, to donate organ she needs approval from the State Authority set up under the Organ Transplantation Act.

The Petitioner had filed the Application on April 25, 2022, but the Authority is yet to respond.