Organ Transplants

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

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 is through organ transplant.

• The follow organs may be transplanted in Israel today: kidney, lung, liver (and liver lobes), heart, and pancreas.
• The following types of tissue may be transplanted in Israel today: corneal, bone (osseous tissue), ligament, joint, skin, and heart valve.

Please note that there are two other related portals: Live Organ Donation and Post-Mortem Organ Donation (Adi Card).

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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 transplantation

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

• Income Tax Exemption for People with Medical Disability
• Organ transplant abroad
• Specialized Medical Service
• Dental care for organ transplant and prosthetic heart valve recipients
• Medication Payment Ceiling for the Chronically Ill
• Coverage of Travel Expenses for Medical Treatment
• Receiving a copy of the evaluation committee decision

Kidney Transplants

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

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
• Hod - Halachic organ donation
• The Israel Liver Transplantees Association
• The Israeli National Kidney Transplantees and Dialysis Patients Association

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)

Additional Publications

• Ministry of Health Director Circular 11/09 from 01.03.2009 - Live Organ Transplant (Procedural Update)
• The 2004 Report of the Public Committee for the Examination of Age as a Criterion for Post-Mortem Organ Transplantation Registration

Sources

• Original translation by AACI's Shira Pransky Project.