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Kerala workshop trains hospitals to expand deceased-donor transplants
Kerala’s organ donation organisation held a hospital training programme with PRS Hospital to strengthen deceased-donor kidney transplantation.
The programme focused on how hospitals can prepare to identify and support deceased kidney donors.
Sessions covered recognising and certifying brain stem death, managing intensive-care data and speaking with potential donors’ families.
Participants also discussed legal, infrastructure and registration requirements, as well as how organs are allocated and patients are waitlisted.
The training is part of K-SOTTO’s effort to bring more government, private and cooperative hospitals into the state’s donation network.
The aim is to improve access to life-saving transplants for people waiting for donor organs.
K-SOTTO and PRS Hospital held a training programme on preparing hospitals to start deceased-donor kidney transplant programmes.
The workshop aimed to strengthen Kerala’s deceased organ donation network and bring more hospitals into it.
Sessions covered brain stem death identification and certification, hospital infrastructure, donor-family communication and transplant coordination.
The programme also addressed patient waitlisting, organ allocation and requirements under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act.
K-SOTTO said the effort is intended to improve access to transplants for patients awaiting donor organs.
- Who
- The Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (K-SOTTO) and PRS Hospital organised the programme.
- What
- A specialised training programme on hospital preparedness for deceased-donor kidney transplantation.
- When
- Monday; the article was published on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- At PRS Hospital in Kerala; the city is not stated.
- Why
- To improve deceased organ donation and transplantation in Kerala and bring more hospitals into the network.
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- Organiser
- Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (K-SOTTO)
- Partner
- PRS Hospital
- Published
- November 9, 2026
- Training focus
- Hospital preparedness for deceased-donor kidney transplantation
- Legislation covered
- Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA)
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