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Dileep V Kumar ByExpress News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As Covid-19 cases spiral, organ transplantation programme has come to a grinding halt in the state. Considering the possibility of in-hospital transmission of the virus, the state health department has directed organ transplant centres to carry out only emergency liver transplantation. But that too by following the guidelines of the Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI). “For example if one undergoes a kidney transplant, immunosuppressant drugs is provided. Considering the possibility of in-hospital transmission of the virus, the state health department has directed organ transplant centres to carry out only emergency liver transplantation..