Star Hospitals, Hyderabad Introduces India's First National-level Paired (Swap) Kidney Donation Registry
Feb 23, 2024
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 23: India's kidney donor shortage is worrying, in a year over 2,00,000 patients need a kidney transplant in India. But, only roughly 8,000 to 12,000 kidney transplants are happing. Inspite of best treatment options only 3% to 5% of patients under going Kidney Transplantation now. The main reason is the lack of donors, as per the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Act only family donors can donate the kidney to their relatives. Inspite of some situation where donors are available within the family but their blood groups are not matching this is the reason for 40% of the donor rejections. For this set of patients, the available option is ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplant & Paired (Swap) Kidney Exchange.