HC is last hope for patient awaiting kidney transplant

On a ventilator for more than a week now,judiciary remains the last hope for Praveen Begum,awaiting a kidney transplant.

On a ventilator for more than a week now,judiciary remains the last hope for Praveen Begum,awaiting a kidney transplant. Her niece had come forward to donate her kidney to Begum. All formalities were completed and the transplant was found to be medically compatible. This prospect received a jolt when the authorisation committee for human organ transplant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital rejected her plea.

The committee questioned her husbands reluctance to be a donor. While declining her request on April 5,it underlined the difference between the financial status of Begum and her niece,suggesting the donation could involve monetary favours.

With no alternative left,Begum and her niece moved Delhi High Court on Monday and seeking to quash the committees order.

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When all authorities in Uttar Pradesh,where her niece stayed,gave the NOCs ,why should the committee question irrelevant facts? Her niece is a near relative under the law, said Begums counsel Vikas Pahwa and advocate B Badrinath.

Appreciating the urgency of the matter, Justice Sanghi called upon Najmi Waziri,standing counsel for Delhi government,to assist the court.

Waziri apprised him that since Delhi was a Union Territory,the appropriate authority to take a final call was the Director General of Health Services (DGHS).

The court issued a notice to the counsel for the Central government and asked the hospital to put all the relevant records concerning Begum before the DGHS by 11 am on Tuesday morning.

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This matter brooks no delay. It is a matter of petitioners life and death. If she is entitled to a transplant,she should get it in time, said Justice Sanghi,while directing the DGHS to decide Begums plea within two days.

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