A meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker cabinet held Thursday with Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah in the chair approved the provision of Rs.60 million for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Medical Transplantation Regulatory Authority (KPMTRA). The Authority aims to regulate, control and monitor all human organ transplantation and the various committees constituted under the KP Medical Transplantation Regulatory Authority Act 2014.
It was informed during the briefing to the cabinet that the authority recognizes medical institutions, hospitals and transplant surgeons/physicians for practice of operative surgery in transplantation, grafting of human organs, tissues and cells, inspects recognized medical institutions and hospitals for examination of quality of transplantation, follow up of medical care of donors and recipients.
It also addresses religious cultural and ethical issues that may arise related to transplantation. It was told that the authority has recognized five medical institutions or hospitals for kidney transplantation six for corneal transplantation and one bone bank, while three medical institutions registration is in the process.
The cabinet approved the reconstitution of the technical committee envisioned in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Rest Houses and Tourism Properties (Development, Management and Regulation) Act 2020.
The cabinet approved the amendment in special purpose Kumrat and Kalash Development Authority Rules 2020. Under Section 19 (2) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Act 2019, the Special Purpose Kumrat Development Authority was established which was followed by the notification of special purpose Kumrat Developed Authority Rules 2020. This time the Director General Special Purpose Kumrat Developed Authority furnished Service Rules/Regulations for Employees of Special Purpose Authority and Building Regulations 2022 which were approved.
