By :- Team VOH
25 May 2024
Nearly 50 days after the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) uncovered the organ transplant NOC scam, the state government issued a notification on establishing a new state-level authorization committee under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA), 1994. Shubhra Singh, the additional chief secretary of medical education, announced that the principal and controller of Sawai Man Singh Medical College will chair the committee.
The committee members include Dr. Narpat Singh Shekhawat, former superintendent of Sawai Man Singh Hospital; Dr. B.L. Yadav, professor of general surgery at SMS Hospital; Dr. Ashok Sharda, former president of the Indian Medical Association, Rajasthan branch; Seema Daya from Seva Bharati Rajasthan; as well as the secretary of the medical education department and the director of public health.
An internal report by the medical education department revealed that the 2023 merger of the advisory and authorization committees was unlawful. Consequently, the state government decided to separate the two committees. The medical education department issued a notification to effect this separation.
An official familiar with the matter stated that the state government will soon announce the new advisory committee members.
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