DNA: Why organ donation in India needs big reforms?
DNA: World's biggest donation is organ donation. Someone's life can be saved by organ donation.
May 06, 2024, 23:44 PM IST
Delhi Painter Receives Donor Hands In A Revolutionary Organ Transplant Surgery
Organ transplantation: Recently, a painter got donor hands transplanted at Sir Gangaram Hospital in Delhi. The artist will be able to hold the brush again and work.
Mar 06, 2024, 18:38 PM IST
Exclusive: World Organ Donation Day - Too Old Or Sick To Donate Organs? Expert Debunks 10 Common Myths
Organ donation plays a very important role in saving the lives of people who are suffering from organ failure or other terminal medical conditions. Ahead of World Organ Donation Day 2023, an expert shares 10 common myths about organ donation and presents the real picture.
Aug 12, 2023, 15:43 PM IST
CSR and crowdfunding give a new life to Eight-year-old girl
Having suffered for years from chronic liver disease, Prabhgun needed an immediate liver transplant, which made her family knock the doors of Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore.
Apr 19, 2022, 23:34 PM IST
Pune hospital's registration for organ transplants suspended
The registration of Ruby Hall Clinic for organ transplantation has been suspended for six months after health department concluded that the hospital did not scrutinise the documents of the donor and recipient.
Apr 12, 2022, 23:55 PM IST
In a first, Scientists successfully transplant two kidneys from genetically modified pig into brain dead man
The need for a source of organs is huge: While more than 41,000 transplants were performed in the US last year, a record, more than 100,000 people remain on the national waiting list.
Jan 21, 2022, 15:01 PM IST
First-ever pig kidney transplant in human patient done in US
The recipient of the transplant was a brain-dead patient, whose kidneys were dysfunctional.
Oct 20, 2021, 21:43 PM IST
Brain dead Jaipur man gifts new life to four others
Rupesh, a 40-year-old, was declared brain dead following a road accident six days ago.
Dec 10, 2017, 13:28 PM IST
Questions raised as Sasikala’s husband Natarajan undergoes organ transplant
Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala’s husband M Natarajan had a successful liver and kidney transplant on Wednesday at a hospital in Chennai, which has come under scanner over alleged irregularities to facilitate the surgery.
Oct 04, 2017, 21:20 PM IST
Organ donation: Four things to keep in mind when considering a transplant
Due to lack of awareness, there are myths and fears in people's minds about organ donation.
Aug 13, 2017, 13:20 PM IST
Breakthrough! Scientists pave way for pig-to-human organ transplant through gene editing
In the study, published in the journal Science, the researchers removed the virus genes from the pig genome using CRISPR-Cas 9 – a gene editing tool – in live animals.
Aug 11, 2017, 17:58 PM IST
Green corridor transports donor heart for transplant in just 18 minutes
A donor's heart was successfully transported from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport to the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute on Thursday covering a distance of 18 km in 18 minutes.
Apr 07, 2017, 23:29 PM IST
Mumbai: Hospital worker and brain-dead woman saves 4 lives
The donor woman was admitted to the Jaslok Hospital and was declared brain dead following intracerebral bleeding and brain stem haemorrhage.
Oct 27, 2016, 16:26 PM IST
East India's first cadaver liver transplant in Kolkata
Family members of a 53-year-old male patient - Samar Chakraborty - who was declared brain dead on Monday assented to the procedure to transplant the liver that is expected to bequeath a new lease of life to a 46-year-old female recipient with liver damage.
Jul 27, 2016, 08:37 AM IST
Green corridor helps transport liver 210km in 3.30 hours!
It took the ambulance a mere 3.36 hours to transport the liver from Nashik's Rishikesh Hospital to Pune's Sahyadri Hospital.
Jun 28, 2016, 12:55 PM IST
China records rise in voluntary organ donation
The rate for organ donation per million of population reached 1.2 in 2014, a 60-fold increase from the level of 2010, the commission said.
2 green corridors created in Indore for organ transportation
Probably for first time in the country, two green corridors were created simultaneously here today for separate transport of a liver and a kidney, donated by kin of a 59-year-old man, for their transplantation in two persons.
Nov 09, 2015, 00:26 AM IST
PM highlights need for organ donations
He said few states have done well "in this regard by cutting short the paper work" while appreciating Tamil Nadu for having done "extremely well" in organ donation.
Oct 25, 2015, 20:22 PM IST
Kerala plans outcome-registry for clearer organ transplantation
A senior health department official today said the outcome registry would be operational within one month and it is now being run on a trial basis.
Oct 22, 2015, 15:29 PM IST
