YEREVAN, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Law on Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues forbids the use of organs of dead persons for the purpose of transplantation. For this reason, in Armenia it is relatives of patients who mainly become donors in case of transplantation. Suren Krmoyan, legal advisor to the RA minister of health, told NT correspondent that with the aim of eliminating the shortcomings in the law which was adopted in 2003, work on its amendment is being done now. In particilar, experience of other countries is being examined. For example, according to the Russian law, organs of a dead person may be used in case of a written consent that this person gave before his death. In some countries, the law allows to use organs of a dead person if the given person did not forbid this in writing. S. Krmoyan said that as a result of studies, the correct option to fill up this gap will be chosen. In his words, one of the priority tasks of the ministry is to complete the work on improvement of the transplantation-related legislative field by the end of this year. He noted that the Armenian government has approved the list of human organs and/or tissues subject to transplantation, as well as the order of their import.

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