Organ Transplants

This portal contains information about processes and rights related to transplant patients.

Do you need an organ transplant? Have you undergone an organ transplant? What are your rights?

Unfortunately there are many types of illnesses that cause different organs to stop functioning properly and the only way to save the patient's life and enable him/her to return to an active life is through an organ transplant. Today in Israel, many different organs (kidney, lung, liver, liver lobes, heart, and pancreas) and tissues (corneal, bones, ligaments, joints, skin, and heart valves) are able to be transplanted.

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Live Organ Donation

• Organ donation to a relative
• Organ donation to a non-relative
• Anonymous organ donation
• Live lung lobe donation
• Live liver lobe donation
• Live crossover kidney transplant

Organ Transplant Assignment

• Organ Transplant Assignment

• Heart assignment by the National Transplant Center
• Liver assignment by the National Transplant Center
• Kidney assignment by the National Transplant Center
• Lung assignment by the National Transplant Center

• Organ transplant priority

Pensions and Benefits

• Disabled Child Benefit for Children Who Have Undergone an Organ or Bone Marrow Transplant
• Disability Pension and Related Benefits
• Special Services Benefit (Attendance Allowance) and Related Benefits
• Long-Term Care Benefit

Additional Rights

• Rights Guide for Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients
• Income Tax Exemption for People with Medical Disability
• Organ transplant abroad
• Dental Care for Organ/Bone Marrow Transplant and Prosthetic Heart Valve Recipients
• Medication Payment Ceiling for the Chronically Ill
• Receiving a copy of the evaluation committee decision
• Maintaining Continuity of Care (Principle of Treatment Continuity)

Kidney Transplants

• Live crossover kidney transplant
• Live kidney donation
• Post-mortem kidney donation
• Kidney assignment by the National Transplant Center
• Rights for kidney transplant recipients
• Rights Guide for Dialysis Patients

Liver Transplants

• Live liver lobe donation
• Liver assignment by the National Transplant Center
• Rights for liver transplant recipients

Lung Transplants

• Lung assignment by the National Transplant Center
• Live lung lobe donation

Heart Transplants

• Heart assignment by the National Transplant Center

Terms

• What is an organ transplant?
• Local Evaluation Committee
• Central Evaluation Committee
• Special organ donation
• Medical Center Licensed Under the Organ Transplant Law
• Organ Transplant Coordinator
• Transplant Trustee Physician
• The National Transplant Center Database

Aid Organizations

• Mazor Clinical Center - Providing Legal Advice Regarding Patients Rights in Israel
• Bilvavi - Organ donation under Halachic supervision
• Kivunim - Information Center for Patients and their Families
• Matnat Chaim – Volunteers for Kidney Transplantation
• The Israel Liver Transplantees Association
• The Israeli National Kidney Transplantees and Dialysis Patients Association
• Lev Patuach - Organ Transplant Association in the Valleys.

Government Agencies

• The Ministry of Health
• The National Insurance Institute
• The National Transplant Center

Court Rulings

• Health plans are not required to fund organ transplants performed as part of organ trade

Laws and Regulations

• The Organ Transplant Law
• The Brain-Respiratory Death Law
• The Anatomy and Pathology Law, 5713-1953 (on the Nevo website)
• Ministry of Health Director Circular 11/09 from 01.03.2009 - Live Organ Transplant (Procedural Update)

Additional Publications

• The 2004 Report of the Public Committee for the Examination of Age as a Criterion for Post-Mortem Organ Transplantation Registration
• Transplant Insurance from the Capital Market Authority's Insurance and Savings Guide.

Sources

• Original translation by AACI's Shira Pransky Project.