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ABU DHABI: The Ministry of Healths decision concerning the criteria for diagnosing death supports the Decree of Organ and Human Tissue Transplantation, which was issued by Federal Law No. 5 of 2016, Dr. Ameen Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health and Licenses Policy, said in a statement issued on Saturday.

The decisions provisions exclude the transfer and transplanting of stem cells, blood cells and marrow. It stands a sustainable solution for a large number of patients, especially those with cancer, heart disease, pulmonary failure, hepatic fibrosis and kidney failure, because the transplantation fully ends the issue, Al Amiri added.

He reiterated the UAEs commitment to criminalise organ trafficking, which completely abuses humanity.

Al Amiri explained that the transplantation and transfer of organs from the deceased will begin in public and private hospitals with approved standards from the MoH so as not to allow mafias of organs trafficking or any health facility to tamper with the laws. He explained that it is because the nature of operation requires prior approval of the competent authorities to ensure compliance with the standards.

He noted said that the decision detailed the methods of death diagnosis resulting from the total stopping of the heart, breathing, and all brain functions using cerebral evidence. This method has become possible at any hospital through the ICU. It is applied on any patient dies due to the previous causes. The death caused by stroke happens when all the brains functions completely stop, including its stem, he explained.

He also explained the conditions and exceptions for diagnosing death using cerebral standards, through the initial clinical examination, followed by testing the brain stem reflexes in terms of the visual response to the light test and the period of observation (between the two test). The result shall be recorded on the stork death document by doctors who examined the case. The observation period is determined according to age of the patient. It is 48 hours for the infants between 7 to 60 days, 24 hours for the infants between 60 days to one year, and 12 hours for the children between 1 year to 16-18 and 6 hours for the adults.

Diagnosis of death using cerebral criteria shall be completed by other verification tests namely the EEG or the cerebral vasodilatation test and the apnea test with the explanation of how it is performed and the general considerations. The apnea test is positive. unless there is no respiratory signs during separation of the patient from the ventilator, he added.

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