Liver Transplant Registry | 21 Oct 2019

India’s first voluntary liver transplant registry has been started by the Liver Transplantation Society of India.

• The registry aims to collate national data of the procedures and their outcomes.
  
  • Nearly 2,000 liver transplants are carried out in the country annually, the highest in the world, yet there is no India-specific data.
  • In the Western countries, organ transplants are highly regulated and permissions are given to hospitals and doctors based on the outcomes, rate of mortality, morbidity, etc.
  • India has a 90% survival rate in liver transplants, but it may vary from hospital to hospital and doctor to doctor.

Source: TH