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21Jan/13

Victoria's organ donor rate the lowest in three years – Herald Sun

January 21, 2013Organ Donoradmin

Victoria’s organ donor rate the lowest in three years
Herald Sun
Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry professor Stephen McDonald said donor generosity had led to the highest ever kidney and liver transplants in Australia last year – 606 and 230 life-saving operations were performed respectively.
organ donor pilot scheme launchedBBC News
Victoria’s organ donor rate plummets in 2012The Age
Organ donation rates up – but still not enoughABC Online (blog)
KRIS Corpus Christi News –stv.tv –Glasgow Evening Times
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21Jan/13

Jyoti Singh Delhi gang rape: Trial of five men charged over death of medical … – Mirror.co.uk

January 21, 2013Lungadmin

Jyoti Singh Delhi gang rape: Trial of five men charged over death of medical …
Mirror.co.uk
The horrific case sparked widespread protests over the treatment of women in India. Defence lawyers haven appealed for … She had earlier suffered a heart attack, a lung and abdominal infection and “significant” brain damage. Bus driver Ram Singh, 33 …

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21Jan/13

Apollo inks pact with IBA to establish proton therapy center – Economic Times

January 21, 2013Lungadmin

Apollo inks pact with IBA to establish proton therapy center
Economic Times
The Indian healthcare market is growing rapidly and there is a significant need for innovative approaches to cancer therapy,” IBA CEO Olivier Legrain said. Proton therapy is increasingly considered one of the most … and fewer side effects, Apollo …
Apollo to set up proton therapy cancer centre in ChennaiVancouver Desi

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21Jan/13

Blacks face tougher time finding kidney for transplant

January 21, 2013Uncategorizedadmin

Bishop Robert Edwards undergoes dialysis Friday at the DCI clinic in Madison. For many African-Americans who have diabetes, dialysis treatments are a fact of life.

21Jan/13

India to See a Rise in Organ Donations – Siliconindia.com

January 21, 2013Organ Donor, Organs, Other Transplantationadmin

Siliconindia.com

India to See a Rise in Organ Donations
Siliconindia.com
Bangalore: India is still to experience the boons of organ donation with Mumbai being one of the few cities to see a rise in organ donations. Organ donations don’t just save lives but also generate good amount of funds, reports Nikita for CNN-IBN. As …

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21Jan/13

Sikkim: Day long blood donation camp organized in Rangpo – isikkim

January 21, 2013Organ Donoradmin

Sikkim: Day long blood donation camp organized in RangpoisikkimMarwadi Yuva Manch, Rangpo in associate with Srimadbhagwat Katha Gyan Yagya Samiti, Rangpo organized a day long blood donation camp. Central Referral Hospital, Tadong fully cooperated to ma…

21Jan/13

Thai Deputy Prime Minister Dies Of Heart Failure – Bernama

January 21, 2013Organ Failureadmin

The NationThai Deputy Prime Minister Dies Of Heart FailureBernamaBANGKOK, Jan 21 (Bernama) — Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports Chumpol Silpa-archa died of a heart failure on Monday morning, Xinhua news agency quoted a local media report. Chumpol, wh…

21Jan/13

Transplant rates vary from region to region

January 21, 2013Transplantationadmin

Although Switzerland in general has the worst organ donor record in Europe, there are regional differences, with demand for transplants being more successfully met in the French and Italian speaking parts.

21Jan/13

“Mommy, it's Zurich! They have a heart for you!” – swissinfo.ch

January 21, 2013Transplantationadmin

“Mommy, it’s Zurich! They have a heart for you!”
swissinfo.ch
Heart transplantation was in its infancy when Anne was a child in the 1960s, and diagnostic procedures that are standard today – such as echocardiography and sonograms – didn’t exist. In 1995, four years after the Swiss-American moved to Bern, she …

21Jan/13

Cancer-stricken Chavez 'enters new phase of treatment' – Russia & India Report

January 21, 2013Lungadmin

Cancer-stricken Chavez ‘enters new phase of treatment’
Russia & India Report
According to the latest official reports, Chavez is being treated for ”respiratory deficiency” after complications from a severe lung infection. Spain’s ABC newspaper said citing hospital sources in Havana that the Venezuelan leader was in an induced …

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