Four months on, Karnataka yet to see multi-pair kidney swap transplant
Under kidney paired exchange, a donor who is medically incompatible with their intended recipient can donate to another compatible recipient, while the second donor gives a kidney to the first recipient. A multi-pair exchange extends this arrangement to three or more donor-recipient pairs.
Four months following Karnataka's establishment of rules permitting multi-pair kidney paired exchange transplants, the program has yet to yield a single instance, with just one request reaching the State Authorisation Committee thus far. This solitary request, concerning a multi-pair swap for patients with incompatible donors, was granted by the committee, but the transplant did not proceed due to a misunderstanding between the involved families.
The guidelines were formulated by M. Shivalingaiah, chairman of the State Authorisation Committee and director of the State-run Institute of Nephro-Urology, on April 4, with the aim of assisting patients possessing willing but medically incompatible donors. The framework allows for the exchange of kidneys among three or more donor-recipient pairs.
However, a misunderstanding between the families of the patients enrolled with private hospitals in Bengaluru and Hubballi prevented the arrangement from being carried out. Dr. Shivalingaiah emphasized the importance of greater awareness among potential donor-recipient pairs to make the framework functional.
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