NOTTO writes to states, UTs to implement swap organ transplant

NEW DELHI: The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has written to all the states and union territories for the implementation of SWAP donor transplantation, saying it has the potential to augment the number of organ transplants in the country.

SWAP donor organ transplantation is a process where two or more incompatible donor-recipient pairs swap their organs. It is useful in case of biologically incompatible donor recipient pairs. The exchange is permitted only between near relatives of respective recipients.

The provision of SWAP donor transplantation already exists in the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (THOTA), since the last amendment was made to the Act in 2011.

Source: PTI News

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