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Passed first reading: Precedence in organ transplants from live donors for family members or friends
Publicized: July 3, 2012 The Knesset Plenum passed, in its first reading, the Organ Transplant Bill (amendment) (priority given to live organ donors), 2012, by Knesset Members Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) and Chaim Katz (Likud). The bill will enable the transplant committee to determine priority in organ transplants from live donors, whether or not they donated to a specific person, and not restrict this authority to live donors who had not requested a specific recipient for the organ. MK Gal-On presented the bill: ”This is a law established in 2008, according to which priority is given to a live donor who donates to a stranger. The amendment which MK Katz and I are requesting is that the transplant committee, regulated in the original law, will weigh every donation from a live donor, whether they have a specific recipient in mind or not. People who donated organs to family members have turned to us, in order to save their loved ones` lives. It is not right and not logical to differentiate between different live donors.” The state, according to Gal-On, wishes to encourage organ transplants, and someone who donates an organ to a family member should be deserving of the same priority in the acceptance of his donation. In a discussion held by the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee to prepare the bill for its first reading, MK Gal-On said, ”Live donors go through a very painful process; there should be no differentiation made between the suffering of those who donate to a stranger or those who donate to a family member.” Gal-On stressed the support which the bill has received from the government. Committee Chairman, MK Chaim Katz said, ”Hundreds of ill people in Israel are currently waiting for an organ donor, and this bill which we presented may encourage family members to pitch in and donate. Later in the legislative process we will discuss the application of benefits for those who donated to family members in the past.” 8 MKs supported the bill in its first reading, with none in opposition. The bill will be discussed in the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee.  © Copyright 2013, all rights reserved to the State of Israel or to third parties as detailed in this link. We welcome your Suggestions and Comments. Email: feedback@knesset.gov.il | |||||
