Dhaka, May 1 -- In a bid to make kidney transplantation easier for patients in Bangladesh, the government is set to "revise" the Human Organ Transplantation Act.

A meeting between the Medical Education and Family Welfare Division and experts on Monday decided to open up a way for a "kidney swap", essentially an exchange of registered donors between patients.

The names of a patient's nephews and nieces will be added to the list of legal kidney donors.

According to the "Human Organ Transplantation (Amendment) Act 2018", parents, children, brothers and sisters, spouses and 22 close relatives can donate kidneys to a patient

Dr Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief advisor, told bdnews24.com: "We are broadening the spectrum a bit ...