KATHMANDU: A conference on human organ transplant is set to kickoff on April 20 in Kathmandu.
The Sahid Dharma Bhakta National Transplant Centre, Bhaktapur is organizing the two-day conference with the support of the Organ Transplant Society Nepal, and the Government of India.

The conference aims to exchange experiences, knowledge and skills about new technology in the field of human organ transplant and donation, and also on the issue of brain death, said senior organ transplant specialist Prof Dr Pukar Chandra Shrestha.

Specialists and delegates from the United Kingdom, Thailand, Japan, the United States of America, and SAARC nations will attend the conference, he informed. The slogan for the conference is ‘Bridging the Gap’.