Kingdom University’s Dr. Lutfi wins prestigious award

Manama : For the second year on the trot, Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Lutfi, an Associate Professor of Law at the Kingdom University, won this year’s ‘Rashid Bin Humaid Award for Culture and Sciences’ in the United Arab Emirates.

The award winning research titled “Medical Research on Humans, on the Need for Medical Advancement and the Sanctity of the Human Body - a Contemporary Medical Jurisprudence Approach” discussed the subject of Body Donation for medical research, which has been one of the most debatable topics over the past few decades.   

In his research, Dr.  Lutfi concludes on a number of results that stress on the importance of freedom in medical research and innovation, as it allows for the discovery and development of treatments for all incurable diseases. 

He goes on to state that medical experimenting on deceased bodies should be made legally permissible, if approval is given by the individual in question before their death or by their family when needed.

However, he also emphasises that it is acceptable to conduct experiments on live bodies under the presence of a number of restrictions and limitations that guarantee the achievement of the purpose. 

Dr. Ahmed highlights in his research that experiments should be based on scientific evidence, and that the medical team should be scientifically competent as well, and maintain the confidentiality of all information related to the subject being experimented on, unless substantial reasons are brought forward that require any disclosure of such data.     

This award comes on the heels of Dr. Lutfi’s receipt of the prestigious honour last year as well, with the subject of that research being on ‘Sharia’s View on Brain Death and its Impact on Organ Transplant Operations – A Comparative Jurisprudence Medical Study’.