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• National registry suggested for incompatible donor-recipient pairs

• Proposal follows unique 10-way donor-exchange liver transplant chain

LAHORE: Experts from the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute & Research Centre (PKLI&RC) has proposed the establishment of a National SWAP Liver Transplant Programme for Pakistan with the primary objective of facilitating life-saving transplants for patients who are unable to receive organs from family members or blood relatives due to blo­od-group incompatibility or other medical reasons.

Since its inception, PKLI’s surgeons have successfully performed 2,000 kidney and liver transplants.