Three women doctors in Goa pledge to donate organs

He said IMA has decided to form various groups across the state to create awareness about organ donation.

The IMA has already made a presentation before state Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar requesting the government to formulate a proper procedure to set up a licensing authority to harvest the organs, Salkar said.

“Pledging an organ is just one of the steps. We also have to know how many patients are waiting to get the organs,” he said.

The IMA, in its representation before Parrikar, said that certain guidelines need to be formulated to decide who should be given priority for organ transplantation, he said.

“Once the organ is removed from a brain dead person, it becomes a property of the state. It is for the state to decide who should get it and there are certain criteria to be followed to do so,” Salkar said.