Organs of brain-dead girl harvested, save six lives
PUDUCHERRY: The vital organs of a 26-year-old brain-dead woman were harvested and transplanted successfully into six needy patients by different teams of doctors at hospitals in the Union territory of...
View ArticleHarvested organs from Madurai reach Chennai in double quick time
While cadaver transplantation has become fairly common in the State, which has a better donation rate in the country, what must be remembered is that every time a donation happens, it is only because...
View ArticleKochi traffic halts to let beating heart pass
Kochi, Aug 11 (IANS) A siren-blaring ambulance carrying the harvested heart and lungs of a brain-dead young man breezed through otherwise choked roads and reached the airport in no time, all thanks to...
View ArticleAir ambulance used for intra-city transplant for first time in B’luru
Bengaluru: An air ambulance was used for the first time in Bengaluru for an intra-city organ transplant on Thursday. The heart of a 45-year-old woman in Apollo Hospital on Bannerghatta Road, was flown...
View ArticleShe died waiting for a kidney, but gifts eyes
KOLKATA: Sutapa Bose's long wait for a kidney ended on Tuesday morning. A sudden cardiac arrest took her away forever from five-year-old daughter Sreshtha and husband Amitabha. But her grieving family...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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