Landmark Surgery May Pave Way For Legalising Broader Organ Exchange Model

In a groundbreaking medical feat, two men in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore have been given a new lease of life after undergoing India's first inter-hospital liver swap transplant - a move that required a special court order to override current rules limiting swaps to within a single hospital.

The two patients, admitted at GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, were both suffering from end-stage liver disease and had family donors - their wives - who were unfortunately incompatible.

However, doctors discovered that the donors were a match for the other patient, opening the door to a rare, life-saving exchange.

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