The Tamil Nadu government today asserted that organs for transplant are made available to foreign recipients only if Indian patients are either not compatible or not ready to receive them.
"Only during such circumstances, and according to our rules and law,it (organs like heart for transplanting) is made available to others (foreigners) honestly in a transparent way," health Minister C Vijayabaskar said in the assembly.
Replying to a query from DMK member R Masilamani, who cited a report in a national daily, alleging that patients worldwide got priority in cadaver transplants, he said it was "wrong news."
In case all other Indian hospitals decline to receive the organs, they should "decline online."
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