NEW DELHI: Central government employees who donate their organs are entitled to 42-day leave, National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has said.
According to NOTTO chief Dr Anil Kumar, department of personnel and training (DoPT) has issued orders already.
“We have put the orders on our website for wider circulation and awareness recently,” he said.
Organ removal from a donor is a major surgery, which requires time for recovery, including both hospitalisation and post-hospitalisation periods. The DoPT order states the govt has decided to grant a maximum of 42 days special casual leave to central govt employees who decide to donate their organs as a “special welfare measure”.
The 42-day leave rule will be applicable irrespective of type of surgery for removal of donor’s organ, it adds. “Special casual leave shall normally be taken in one stretch starting from the day of admission in the hospital, however, in case of requirement it can be available starting maximum one week prior to surgery on the recommendation of a govt registered medical practitioner or doctor,” the DoPT order says.
A living donor can donate a kidney (as one kidney can maintain the body functions), a portion of pancreas (as half of the pancreas is adequate for sustaining pancreatic functions) and part of the liver (as the few segments that are donated will regenerate after a period).