AMMAN — The government is developing a national protocol to regulate organ donation and transplantation following the launch of a digital organ donation registration service on the Sanad government application, Health Minister Ibrahim Bdour said on Monday.

 

Bdour told the Jordan News Agency, Petra, that the protocol will bring together the health, legal, religious and other relevant sectors and set out the roles of participating institutions, procedures for following up with registered donors, and priorities for patients in need of transplants.

 

The Sanad service, introduced following a Cabinet decision, enables citizens to access information about organ donation and digitally register their willingness to donate. The registration will later be included among the approved personal data linked to family records.

 

Bdour said that the protocol will cover the medical, legal and Sharia aspects of organ donation, including religious rulings concerning donation following brain death.

 

He explained that brain death is determined by specialised medical committees according to approved medical criteria, including cases in which some organ functions are maintained through life-support systems.

 

The minister said that expanding organ donation would depend primarily on making better use of existing healthcare infrastructure, strengthening co-ordination among relevant institutions and providing specialised staff training, rather than establishing new centres.

 

He also stressed the importance of digital government services in making organ donation registration more accessible, as well as closer co-ordination among medical, legal and religious institutions and greater public awareness.

 

The Cabinet on Sunday approved the addition of the organ donation registration service to Sanad, allowing citizens to formally record their willingness to donate organs digitally.