Once the recipient and donor pre-surgery process has been done successfully per my previous blogs, before the surgery date can be planned, there is legal formalities to be done. The coordination dept. in room 2061 phase-2 building helps you with this process and getting the approval.
- The first step is to provide copies of the documents mentioned below (under points 1, 2 and 3) to coordination dept. (Room: 2061)
- Once document copies against the list is verified by coordination dept., plan a date where everyone involved visits the coordination department with original documents to sign the papers.
- Once you have the signed papers from coordination department, the next step is to notarize them. This can be done at Mehrauli registrar office in Delhi which is not too far from ILBS. There are quite a few agents outside the office and charge around INR 500 to get the stamping done.
- In parallel, ensure you have blood donors identified as explained further down in step 4.
- Make the payment for transplant package ( currently INR 14,50,000) and provide the receipt to coordination dept. The coordination dept. then also gets the approval from their working committee. Post this approval you have the finalized date to get admitted to the hospital for the surgery to take place.
NOTE: If you are not an Indian citizen and acting as donor, you also need to get the no objection certificate from the respective authority of your host country.
The main documents generally required are:
1)- Recipient and Donor –
- ID Proof – It can be Aadhar card, Pan Card or Passport
- Family Photos – You need to have few photographs where recipient and donor are together. Also, include pictures with their spouse and/or parents.
- Passport Size Photo – You need to have 15 copies of passport size photo of the recipient/patient as well as donor.
- Birth/School Certificate – Need to have either birth certificate or 10th standard pass certificate which is also used to indicate your birth date.
2)- Spouse / Parent –
- Spouse/Parent Consent – If the donor is married he/she needs to also provide a letter of consent from his/her spouse. Else from either one of his/her parent. The same consent is also required is for the recipient.
- ID Proof – The ID proof of the persons providing consent for the donor and recipient respectively.
- Passport Size Photo – You need to have 10 copies of passport size photo of the person providing consent for the donor and recipient respectively.
- Proof of relationship – A document to prove the relationship like marriage certificate in case of spouse or birth certificate if mother or father is providing the consent.
3)- Financial Undertaking – This is the person who is neither the recipient nor the donor and takes the financial responsibility. In case of any complications during and post surgery that leads to additional costs, the hospital will contact this person.
- ID Proof – It can be Aadhar card, Pan Card or Passport
- Passport Size Photo – You need to have 10 copies of passport size photo of the person responsible for financial undertaking.
- Financial Statement – Provide the bank statements and tax return as proof of income.
- Proof of relationship – A document to prove the relationship like marriage certificate in case of spouse or birth certificate if mother or father.
4)- Blood Arrangement – Before the surgery, you need to provide replacement blood units which works as follows:
- Whole Blood – You need to arrange volunteers who can donate blood to link to patient account at ILBS. You need 10 units of blood and all blood groups are accepted. The blood donor criteria is pretty strict as explained further below.
- Platelets – You need to have 3 persons identified who have same blood group as the patient and can act as blood platelets donor. The person has to go through a initial screening which takes only 10-15 mins to be listed as the platelet donor. Platelets are taken the evening before the surgery and the person has to spend 2-3 hours for this process.
BLOOD DONOR CRITERIA
For donating blood, you need to meet specific criteria as indicated in below questionnaire form. Below the key highlights:
- You shouldn’t have consumed alcohol in the last 24 hours before blood donation.
- Shouldn’t have had any tooth extracted in last 1 month.
- Shouldn’t have taken antibiotics, painkillers in last 3 days.
- No tattoo, piercing done in last 1 year.
- Have no history of Jaundice, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C.
- No Major/minor surgery done recently.
To be able to donate platelets, it’s important to have suitable veins. This is what the staff will check in initial screening. For platelets donation, usually it’s preferred that the donor has donated whole blood once. Another pre-requisite for being recruited as a platelet donor is having an adequate platelet count which is tested for by performing a blood test (Complete Blood Count – CBC).
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