ISLAMABAD, March 3: Minister for Health Mohammad Nasir Khan on Friday said the government would soon table a bill in the parliament, preventing people from selling human organs including illegal sale of kidneys.
Talking to this agency here, he said people were allowed to donate kidneys and other organs to their dear ones for transplantation, but this should be done under a regulated system.
He said the bill would streamline the process of kidney transplantation and save poor people from exploitation.
About bird flu, he said no case of H5N1 virus, the deadly strain of bird flu, was reported from any part of the country.
“We have detected H5 virus in two poultry farms in Charsadda and Abbottabad which is not harmful and there is no confirmation of N1 strain as yet.”
He said samples from the two poultry farms had been sent to London for laboratory tests for N1 virus, adding that the results would be received in a couple of days, and after that the situation would become clear.
As precautionary measures, the minister said, medical tests of the workers at the two farms were conducted and their reports were negative.
Regarding preparation in case of any possible bird flu case, he said all arrangements were complete in the hospitals to meet any untoward situation.
Special isolation units have been made in all big hospitals for the purpose, he added.
He said gowns and gloves for paramedical staff had already been procured, while provision of medicines and arrangements of fumigation were being carried out on emergency basis.— APP
