Man asks High Court nod to take friend’s kidney

Hyderabad, Feb. 15: A man on Monday filed a writ petition in the AP High Court seeking a direction to the government to allow him to accept a kidney for transplant from a donor. Mr V. Sivalingam of Bandapalli village in Chittoor district said his kidneys were diseased and doctors had advised immediate transplantation.He told the court that his friend, Chaitanya, had voluntarily offered his kidney for transplant. Doctors had declared that Chaianya could be a donor. The Human Organs Transplantation Act bars donation of organs from people who are not related. In such cases prior approval of the authorisation committee has to be obtained. The petitioner informed the court that the authorisation committee had rejected his plea. He said even the government had negated his appeal. He asked the court to direct the government to allow him to the kidney donation from Chaitanya.