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India Reasserts Global Lead in Living-Donor Liver Transplants at LTSICON 2025

Experts at LTSICON 2025 highlight official data pointing to a safety-first model.

Overview

  • Official GODT and NOTTO data presented at the New Delhi meeting put India’s 2024 total near 5,000 liver transplants.
  • Experts said India performs the most living-donor liver transplants worldwide, with these operations accounting for over 80% of national volume due to scarce deceased donors.
  • Capacity now exceeds 200 active transplant centres, largely in the private sector with clusters in Delhi-NCR and the southern states.
  • Reported outcomes include one-year survival rates up to 95% in several programmes, matching top international benchmarks.
  • Organisers stressed stringent, legally supervised donor evaluation for every case, as LTSICON 2025 draws more than 1,000 specialists from 20-plus countries.