New Delhi:  In a rare incident, Two women on Wednesday gave a fresh lease of life to each other's husbands, who were suffering from "end-stage liver disease", through a swap transplant in New Delhi.

According to the report, As part of the swap transplant, the two women gave portions of their livers to each other's husbands. Both the transplants were performed simultaneously within a span of 12 hours at Max Hospital, Saket.

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The doctor said, "living donor liver transplant" allows a living person to donate a section of their liver, which grows or regenerates to full size in the recipient (and the donor).

In a statement, the hospital said, "The two patients from Delhi hail from different walks of life. Harminder Singh, and Yogesh Sharma, both 45 years old, had been suffering from end-stage liver disease for more than six months and were in desperate need of a liver transplant in order to survive.

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The wives of Singh and Sharma wanted to become the donors for them but the blood groups of the partners were "mutually incompatible", it said. According to the statement, Singh's blood group is 'B', his wife Gurdeep Kaur's is 'A'. On the other hand, Sharma's blood group is 'A' and his wife Annu's is 'B'. The hospital further said, after a detailed medical evaluation, including psychological assessment of both the donors and recipients, the couples were found to be ideal candidates for paired exchanged live donor liver transplants.