Pakistani boy gets heart from Hyderabad
A 10-year-old boy of Pakistani origin living in Dubai was transplanted with a heart that came all the way from Hyderabad at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, here on Tuesday. According to K.M. Cherian,...
View ArticleThe journey of a young heart from Hyderabad to Pakistan
A 14-year-old boy from Pakistan was transplanted with a heart that came all the way from Hyderabad at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, here on Tuesday. According to K.M. Cherian, chairman and CEO of the...
View ArticleDeceased donor organ donation falters
At least one brain death occurs every day in the intensive care units (ICUs) of Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) here. Yet, in the past 10 months, the number of deceased donor organ donations...
View ArticleBrain-dead youth's organs donated
Kochi: Organs from a 25-year-old brain-dead youth from Mannarasala near Harippad in Alappuzha, gave a new lease of life to several people on Thiruvonam day. Vishnu G Krishnan, a welder and lone bread...
View ArticleOrgan donation gives life to 9, sight to 4 persons at Chandigarh’s PGIMER
Showing exemplary spirit in the midst of their own tragedy, four families who lost their kin in different road accidents helped give a new lease of life to nine critically-ill patients and sight to...
View ArticleFirst heart transplant in Rajasthan, 32-year-old farmer recipient
JAIPUR: A farmer has become the first person to receive a heart transplant in the state. The state has created a history of sorts by saving lives of four persons through one cadaver organ donation. Two...
View ArticleMore facilities needed to promote heart transplant
: Three transplants in two city hospitals over the last one month have brought focus on Kozhikode as a heart transplant centre, but more needs to be done in terms of awareness and transportation to...
View ArticleShameful 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 ArticleMore Ohioans donating organs
For thousands of Americans who are waiting on a transplant, the donation of an organ can literally be the gift of a lifetime. In 2014, 325 Ohioans shared this gift through organ donation at the time of...
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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleDad's liver, grandma's kidney save two-year-old
KOCHI: A two-year-old girl with a life-threatening condition, and who weighed just seven kilograms, successfully underwent a dual live-donor transplant after the infant's...
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 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...
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