Approval Directed for Bangladeshi Mother's Kidney Donation to Minor Son; Authorisation Committee Considered Irrelevant Factors: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has delivered an important judgment concerning organ donation and the rights of patients requiring urgent medical treatment. Justice GR Swaminathan directed the Authorisation Committee under the Directorate of Medical Education and Research to immediately grant permission to a Bangladeshi mother to donate one of her kidneys to her minor son who was suffering from end-stage renal chronic kidney disease. Court Finds Authorisation Committee's Decision Illegal The…