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Out of 804 registered hospitals performing organ transplantation, 217 hospitals failed to study information connected the National Registry Portal successful 2025 and enactment volition beryllium initiated against them by the respective State governments, Minister of State for Health Prataprao Jadhav told the Rajya Sabha connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026).
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The registration of hospitals for performing organ transplantation is carried retired by the due authorization of the States and UTs acrophobic wherever the infirmary is located, Mr. Jadhav said successful a written reply to a query.
"Against 804 registered hospitals performing organ transplantation, 217 hospitals failed to study information connected the National Registry Portal during the twelvemonth 2025.
"As per the provisions of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act [THOTA], 1994 and the Rules framed thereunder, regulatory enactment against specified hospitals is to beryllium taken by the authorities governments concerned," Mr. Jadhav said.
The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Registry Portal has been functional since 2015 and is accessible to authorised users, including hospitals and organisations, done the website of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation.
As connected March 3, 2026, according to the information reported by hospitals and transplant centres connected the National Registry Portal of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), the waitlist for large organs successful the state stands astatine 89,839.
During the twelvemonth 2025, the fig of organ transplants performed successful the state was 20,019, Mr. Jadhav said successful his written reply.
The Centre is implementing the National Organ Transplant Programme (NOTP) aimed astatine augmenting infrastructure and related services for organ transplantation and expanding consciousness astir organ donation successful the country.
Under the programme, Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organizations (ROTTOs) and State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organizations (SOTTOs) person been established successful the States and Union Territories of the bluish portion (except the UT of Ladakh), eastbound region, and north-eastern portion (except Manipur and Nagaland).
