Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, today met with officials of the Guyana Medical Council (GMC) and Dr. Kishore Persaud, the Head of Department, Multi-Organ Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, and his team from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to discuss the enactment of legislation relating to organ transplant.
Guyana currently does not have legislation to govern, authorize or regulate the donation of tissue and organs to persons who meet the criteria of either being a donor or recipient of such donation. In addition, in order to protect the citizens of Guyana from being victims of trafficking in human organs and tissue, the legislation will also propose to address the prohibition of trade in human tissue, organs and blood and as a result will create offences and penalties to monitor such dire incidents.
A consultative approach has been agreed upon which will include consultative engagements involving all stakeholders and associations and their collective input will be channeled into the legislation and ensuing regulations.
A process was outlined to execute the agenda of this Bill and the Attorney General indicated that the Bill shall be ready for Parliament on or before May, 2021.
