ARMENIA MAKES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION SPHERE
PanArmenian News
April 20 2009
Armenia
On March 19, the RA National Assembly introduced amendments to the
law on "Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues". According
to Ara Babloyan, Chairman of Standing Parliamentary Committee for
Health Issues, the amendments will contribute to the development of
transplantation medicine in Armenia.
Under the amended law, the future transplants will be extracted
either from the dead bodies of individuals who, while alive, gave
consent for their organs to be used transplants after their death and
those who didn’t disagree to it. The latter method is applied in most
European states.
"The transplantation of organs should not purse commercial goals;
the expenses for the delivery of the transplant are in no way related
to the organ itself."
Donor organs and tissues are in high demand in Armenia, and any person
is a potential donor, provided he hasn’t given an official notice
expressing his/her disagreement to use his organs as transplants after
his/her death. As noted by Mr. Babloyan, the organs in highest demand
are kidneys, heart and liver come next.
Kidney transplantation has been the only form of transplantation
carried out in Armenia so far. However, the amended law on
"Transplantation of Organs and Tissues" will enable Armenian physicians
to perform pancreas and lungs transplantations as well.