In the midst of pain and sadness over the death of his son, the president of the Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (ADOCCO), Julio César de la Rosa Tiburcioassured that if his son had been run over in the United States, at least 9 people would be on the waiting list to benefit from his organs.
De la Rosa Tiburcio declared in his X account that if his son, Julio César de la Rosa Peralta (Junior) had died in that North American nation due to the recklessness of a driver, institutional channels allow the organs to be used to save lives. of citizens with special health conditions.
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The civil society leader published an image of his son’s driver’s license from the State of Pennsylvania that says he is an organ donor, alluding to the fact that in the Dominican Republic the public policies around him are little visible and executed.
Organ donation policy in the DR
In August 1998, the Executive Branch enacted Law 329-98 that regulates the donation and legacy, extraction, conservation and exchange for transplantation of organs and human tissue with the purpose of providing answers to the number of citizens with terminal illnesses who need organs. to stop the usual sufferings of patients with special pathologies.
The promulgation of this emergency public health legislation created two institutions attached to the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance such as the National Transplant Council(CNT) and the the National Transplant Coordination Institute.
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In the case of National Transplant Councilaccording to law 329-98, has the mission of designing general policies related to organ donation and transplantation at the national level.
On his side, the National Transplant Coordination Instituteis the body that coordinates the technical commissions created by the (CNT) as well as the network of transplant coordinators throughout the national territory.
