- Rafique says draft PHOTA Act 2017 to be presented before PA for approval
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Salman Rafique has said that the Punjab Human Organs Transplantation Act 2010 would be amended according to the needs and for this purpose, necessary amendments would be incorporated soon.
The draft PHOTA Act 2017 would be presented before the Punjab Assembly for approval, he said while chairing a high-level meeting in the Committee Room of the Punjab Health Initiatives Management Company (PHIMC) to discuss the proposed amendments.
Besides, Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Secretary Najam Ahmad Shah, PHOTA Director General Professor Dr Faisal Masood, PKLI President Dr Saeed Akhtar, Lahore General Hospital Principal Professor Ghayasun Nabi Tayab, Professor Rayaz Tasneem from the Punjab Healthcare Commission, PMA representative Dr Izhar Chaudhary and team of legal experts attended the meeting.
It was decided that the new definitions of donor, recipient and the health facility where the transplantation would be performed, would be introduced in the act. For this purpose, legal experts are working on the proposed amendments in the PHOTA Act 2010. Detailed deliberations were made on the proposed amendments in the various clauses of the act during the meeting.
It was decided that the services of law consultancy firm would be hired and a three-member committee would be constituted to monitor and supervise the process for early completion. Najam Shah proposed that a legal cell should also be established in those health facilities registered by the Punjab Healthcare Commission and PHOTA for transplantation.
This cell would monitor all the affairs of transplantation from legal point of view. The next meeting to discuss the proposed amendments in PHOTA Act 2010 would also be held after a week.
