Shameful organ-donation rates push Hong Kong to excel in transplant surgery
One of Hong Kong's most eminent transplant surgeons is busily sketching on a yellow notepad in the staff canteen on the second floor of Queen Mary Hospital (QMH). "Live donor liver transplant is a lot...
View ArticleLiver travels 210km in three-and-a-half hours
PUNE: Covering a distance of 210km, the liver of a 67-year-old brain-dead man from Nashik was transported to Pune in just three-and-a-half hours on Monday to save the life of a 50-year-old man. The...
View ArticleIn death, he gifts new life to four
CHANDIGARH: The family of a 43-year-old resident of Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, who was declared brain-dead at PGI, Chandigarh, on August 20, on Wednesday donated his organs to give a second lease of...
View ArticleAster Medcity inks MoU with Thomas Jefferson University
Kochi, Nov 19 (IANS) Kochi-based Aster Medcity on Saturday inked an MoU with the US based Thomas Jefferson University which will allow Indian doctors access to the best of global healthcare knowledge...
View ArticleAfter death, 22-year-old nurse gives gift of life
KOLKATA: A 22-year-old nurse who was in coma for the last 10 days probably gave the best Christmas gift ever: in death, she donated her organs so that others may live. Surabhi Barat's kidneys and liver...
View Article10-month-old gets fresh lease of life
Kochi: Thanmay was 10 months when his parents Manjunath and Deepika noticed a swelling in his abdomen last year. When they took him to the doctor, he was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma - a rare form of...
View ArticleLife is short but organs can live on
It was a scene straight out of the film Traffic but had a part, which unfolded in the skies high above. An ambulance rushing with a harvested heart towards an air ambulance kept ready for immediate...
View ArticleAster Medcity: Top of the range
Aster Medcity, located in Cheranalloor, a suburban town near Kochi, is set on 40 acres of land with an attractive waterfront. It was officially launched on May 6, 2014 and is the fulfilment of a dream...
View ArticleKidneys, liver donation gives life to 3, corneas go to bank
Pune: The Ruby Hall clinic completed a multiple cadaver organ harvest late on Tuesday night and successfully transplanted two kidneys and the liver, giving a new lease of life to three persons on...
View Article10-year-old Kazakh girl receives Kerala boy’s heart, lungs
CHENNAI: A 10-year-old girl from Kazakhstan who had been waiting for several months at a city hospital in the hope that she would receive a heart-lung transplant before it was too late on Tuesday...
View Article42-yr-old brian dead man gifts life to five
KOZHIKODE: Family members of 42-year- old Sajeesh who was declared brain dead at the KOZHIKODE Medical College hospital here on Tuesday following an accident gifted fresh lease...
View ArticleGreen corridor helps three get a new life
Noida: The kidneys and liver of a 74-year-old man gave a fresh lease of life for three others when a green corriodor was created to transplant the organs on Monday. Pawan Kumar, a resident of Kavi...
View Article18-year-old brain dead girl gifts life to five
KOZHIKODE: An 18-year-old girl, Keerthana, who was declared brain dead following an intracranial hemorrhage, gifts new lease of life to five. Her organs- eyes, liver and kidneys were donated to various...
View ArticleKerala: A stretch of paradise
Fancy a good rain? A good time to visit Kerala is during the monsoons when the weather showcases nature in all its glory. My colleague and I took an IndiGo flight from Dubai and arrived in Kozhikode's...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View ArticleGifts of life: Two families share joy and pain after rare double-lung and...
(Source: The University of Alabama at Birmingham) Fourteen-year-old Angelynn Luckado's cystic fibrosis ravaged her organs, leading to an extensive hospital stay, an extremely rare and complicated...
View ArticleSharing the gift of life
Arunachalam* spent two years consulting a general physician despite knowing that his kidneys were damaged. “When I became too weak and tired to continue with the monthly check-ups and tablets, we...
View Article74-year-old brain-dead man gives lease of life to three
NOIDA: A 74-year-old man saved lives of three people after his organs were harvested and transplanted in them after he was declared brain dead on Monday. Pawan Kumar, a resident of Kavi Nagar in...
View ArticleOne donor, 18 hours and fresh lease of life for three
Bengaluru: Even in death, this 26-year-old nurse did not fail to give the gift of life to those fighting severe illnesses. After suffering a cardio-respiratory arrest and hypoxic brain damage and...
View ArticleTransplants led them back to a normal life
KOCHI: On June 5, 2012, an unconscious Bhavya Sunilkumar (24) was rushed to a super speciality hospital by her family where tests showed that her liver had collapsed due suspected overdose of TB drugs...
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