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Ease organ donation process, Mumbai Police commissioner tells police stations

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In an attempt to boost the cadaver donation programme in the city, Mumbai Police commissioner has issued a circular to all police stations asking personnel to extend as much help as they can to ensure a smooth procedure.

"If any person approaches us for organ donation, we should be sensitive towards him/her and expedite the police procedure," said Dhananjay Kamlakar, joint commissioner of police, law and order.

The Zonal Transplant Co-ordination Committee, which is in-charge of the cadaver donation programme in the city, has been regularly talking about how the police delay in giving permission for post-mortem, panchnama, and that's why Mumbai is lagging behind in cadaver donation.

In the circular, dated September 2, the commissioner has requested police stations to assist the ZTCC with all help needed for organ donation. The circular also underlined that inconvenience shouldn't be caused to the relatives of the deceased who have consented for cadaver donation, and soon after organ donation intimation, the local constable should, without delay, rush to the hospital.

This year, there have been 30 cadaver organ donors in Mumbai, resulting in 57 kidney and 27 liver donations. This is the highest number of donations in the city so far, with the previous best of 26 being in 2012.

The welcome move from the commissioner comes after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, along with the ZTCC, had meetings with senior level police officers, and submitted their demands.

"We wrote to the police commissioner, and even called up his office, which immediately deputed a senior officer, who spent time to understand the procedure," said BMC medical education director Dr Suhasini Nagda.

The trend of cadaver donations has always been uneven in the city. Two years ago, in 2012, organ donations touched 26 as the issue took centre stage following Vilasrao Deshmukh's death due to liver failure.

Dr Sujata Patwardhan, general secretary of ZTCC, said, "This is a positive move, the police directive will help in easing the trauma of families who, after donating organs, have to wait for police paperwork."

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