Government Mandates Centralized Registry for Tissue and Cornea Donation
The National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) has issued a directive to streamline tissue and cornea donation/retrieval/distribution across the country. All tissue transplant centers, cornea transplant centers, tissue banks, and eye banks must register with the National Registry maintained by NOTTO. Upon registration, hospitals should enter the details digitally in the NOTTO Registry and update the same regularly.
NOTTO Urges Hospitals to Create Permanent Transplant Coordinator Positions
NOTTO has urged states and hospitals to create permanent positions for transplant coordinators based on their workload by the next financial year. The NOTTO has observed a lack of initiative from states and institutions to create permanent positions for transplant coordinators. Therefore, starting from the next financial year (2025-26), hospitals exceeding the five-year support period under NOTP will no longer receive funding for transplant coordinators.
Doctors Not Liable for Every Adverse Outcome
The Supreme Court emphasized that the mere deterioration of a patient’s condition after surgery does not automatically imply medical negligence. The Court reiterated the “Bolam Test,” which states that a medical professional cannot be held liable for negligence if they acted in accordance with a practice accepted as proper by a responsible body of medical opinion. The Court clarified that the burden of proof lies with the patient to establish negligence on the part of the doctor.
CDSCO Publishes Not Of Standard Quality And Spurious Alert For September 2024
The NSQ drug list specifies a total of 18 drugs that were detected to be deficient by State Lab Drugs Control Laboratories. All of these 18 drugs were declared to be not of standard quality. The NSQ drug list for central CDSCO laboratories specifies a total of 49 drugs that were detected to be deficient. Additionally, CDSCO has also identified 4 drugs to be spurious.
Important Update: Amendments to Cough Syrup Export Policy
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry in on October 18, 2024 announced significant changes to the export policy for cough syrups under Chapter 30 of the ITC (HS) 2022.
Kerala High Court Exposes Transplant System Flaws In The State
The Kerala High Court has passed a judgment directing the State Government to constitute Hospital Based Committees and ensure induction of knowledgeable members in transplant committees. It has also stated that the absence of photographs featuring the donor and recipient cannot also be the reason for negativing the donor’s version that he had volunteered to donate his organ out of love and affection.
Goa Clinical Establishments Ordinance 2024: Key Updates
Government of Goa announced the Goa Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2024
Kerala Makes Registration for Modern Medicine Practitioners Mandatory
The Government of Kerala issued a crucial notification mandating registration for practitioners of modern medicine in the state.
Kerala Clinical Establishments Act Gets a Revamp: Key Amendments of 2024
Government of Kerala issued the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2024 to further amend the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act of 2018.
New Version Of Medical Device Adverse Event Reporting Form Released
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has released a new version of the Medical Device Adverse Event Reporting Form under the Materiovigilance Program of India (MvPI), i.e. version 1.2. This form was released on October 8, 2024.
