New Delhi: Can a deceased donor’s family decide whom the donated organ should go to? While some developed countries allow this, India doesn’t. Because of this, the family of a 24-year-old man who was declared brain dead at a private hospital recently couldn’t donate his organs.
The family wanted that the deceased’s liver should be used for carrying out a transplant on a relative suffering from liver failure while the rest of the organs — remaining liver, two kidneys and the heart among others — could be given to those registered with the government for deceased donation…..Readmore