19 September 2005
Expatriates will now be able to receive cadaver donations from brain-dead residents of their nationalities.
"The decision has been taken in keeping with the openness in Bahrain and to encourage expatriates to have treatment in the Kingdom." the head of the Kidney Transplant Programme, Dr Ahmed Salim Al Arayyed, told Bahrain Tribune yesterday.
He was speaking after he presented a BD5,000 cheque of thanksgiving to a representative of the company of late Indian worker Sukhdev Singh whose kidneys were implanted in two Bahraini men last month, his family agreed on a cadaver donation. Present were social worker Badriya Al Hashimi, Jaswinder Singh, a supervisor at Al Mohsin Trading and Contracting where Sukhdev worked, legal adviser at the Ministry of Health, Yayha Yaqoob, and Gurmail Singh, a representative of the Sikh community in Bahrain.
"Now a needy Indian national will, for example, be eligible to receive a cadaver donation from a brain-dead Indian if the recipient meets medical conditions," Dr Al Arayyed said. However, donations by living persons, such as friends, will not be entertained, even for Bahrainis "because we have to be careful so as not to encourage any trade in organs." Dr Al Arayyed said that the transplant team had received encouraging response from the community. "We are receiving a number of inquiries about cadaver transplant," especially following the gesture of Sukhdev's family.
Expatriates will now be able to receive cadaver donations from brain-dead residents of their nationalities.
"The decision has been taken in keeping with the openness in Bahrain and to encourage expatriates to have treatment in the Kingdom." the head of the Kidney Transplant Programme, Dr Ahmed Salim Al Arayyed, told Bahrain Tribune yesterday.
He was speaking after he presented a BD5,000 cheque of thanksgiving to a representative of the company of late Indian worker Sukhdev Singh whose kidneys were implanted in two Bahraini men last month, his family agreed on a cadaver donation. Present were social worker Badriya Al Hashimi, Jaswinder Singh, a supervisor at Al Mohsin Trading and Contracting where Sukhdev worked, legal adviser at the Ministry of Health, Yayha Yaqoob, and Gurmail Singh, a representative of the Sikh community in Bahrain.
"Now a needy Indian national will, for example, be eligible to receive a cadaver donation from a brain-dead Indian if the recipient meets medical conditions," Dr Al Arayyed said. However, donations by living persons, such as friends, will not be entertained, even for Bahrainis "because we have to be careful so as not to encourage any trade in organs." Dr Al Arayyed said that the transplant team had received encouraging response from the community. "We are receiving a number of inquiries about cadaver transplant," especially following the gesture of Sukhdev's family.
© Bahrain Tribune 2005
