In a bid to make kidney transplantation easier for patients in Bangladesh, the government is set to "revise" the Human Organ Transplantation Act. Under the current law, nephews and nieces were not among the 22 types of close relatives who could donate kidneys. Every year, as many as 30,000-40,000 kidneys are damaged permanently, requiring regular dialysis or kidney transplantation. Although 5,000 kidney transplants are needed annually, only 400 transplants can be done. KAMPS president Dr MA Samad identified donor crisis as the biggest hurdle for kidney transplants, adding that amending the law was a solution for that.
