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What Bill says on body parts donation

By GATONYE GATHURA | May. 27, 2014

The Ministry of Health has drafted a Bill proposing that any health worker who fails to attend to an emergency case should pay a fine not exceeding Sh1 million, be jailed or both. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

The Bill says in the absence of a will indicating how the body should be disposed
of when the person dies, close relatives will have the right to donate the
body for research, training or replacement purposes. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Kenya: Widowed women may soon be able to donate their late spouses’ bodies or organs to research institutions if they die without writing a will.

In addition, it may soon be lawful for one to receive payment for the trouble of donating a body organ to another party.

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