{
  "id": 3147219,
  "title": "India to roll out organ swap registry, SoPs to boost transplants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/india-to-roll-out-organ-swap-registry-sops-to-boost-transplants",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-25T00:30:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/organ-swap-registry-sops-transplants-kidney-liver-health-hospitals-healthcare-testing-surgeries-waitlist-11787566296597.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India has introduced standard operating procedures (SoPs) for organ swaps in an effort to increase transplant access amid a critical shortage of donor organs. This framework enables donor-recipient pairs who are unable to receive a transplant due to blood group or tissue mismatch to exchange donors with others, through a centralized national registry, according to government officials and reviewed documentation. Priyanka Sharma, a journalist at Mint, covered the development.",
  "summary": "India’s first national framework for organ swaps aims to widen transplant access by matching incompatible donor-recipient pairs across hospitals, replacing fragmented manual exchanges with a national registry, automated matching and faster approvals",
  "key_points": [
    "India launches organ swap registry to boost transplants",
    "SoPs enable donor-recipient pairs to exchange donors via national registry",
    "Framework addresses critical shortage of donor organs"
  ],
  "editors_take": "India's new organ swap registry and standard operating procedures aim to increase transplant access by facilitating exchanges between mismatched donor-recipient pairs, potentially saving more lives.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}