National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization

National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) is a National level organization set up under Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India located at 4th and 5th Floor of Institute of Pathology (ICMR) Building in Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi. It has following two divisions:

  • “National Human Organ and Tissue Removal and Storage Network”
  • “National Biomaterial Centre”.

“National Human Organ and Tissue Removal and Storage Network”
This has been mandated as per the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011. The network will be established initially for Delhi and gradually expanded to include other States and Regions of the country. Thus, this division of the NOTTO is the nodal networking agency for Delhi and shall network for Procurement Allocation and Distribution of Organs and Tissues in Delhi.

Function/Activities

  • National Network division of NOTTO would function as apex centre for All India activities of coordination and networking for procurement and distribution of Organs and Tissues and registry of Organs and Tissues Donation and Transplantation in the country. The following activities would be undertaken to facilitate Organ Transplantation in the safest way in shortest possible time and to collect data to develop and publish National registry:-

At National Level :

  • Lay down policy guidelines and protocols for various functions.
  • Network with similar regional and state level organizations.
  • All registry data from States and Regions would be compiled and published.
  • Creating awareness, promotion of organ donation and transplantation activities.
  • Co-ordination from procurement of organs and tissues to transplantation when organ is allocated outside the region.
  • Dissemination of information to all concerned organizations, hospitals and individuals.
  • Monitoring of transplantation activities in the Regions and States and maintaining data-bank in this regard.
  • To assist in data management for organ transplant surveillance & organ transplant and Organ Donor registry.
  • Consultancy support on the legal and non-legal aspects of donation and transplantation.
  • Coordinate and Organize trainings for various cadre of workers.

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