Know the procedure for organ donation in India
Times Now
In 2016, there were 28,258 deceased organ donors in the world, contributing to 68.8% of the kidney transplants, 89.4% of liver transplants and all the heart, lung and pancreas transplants. Read: What organs can I donate? However, in India, of the 2.1 …
Organ donors‘ families to be honouredThe Hindu
Anupriya Patel pitches for better infra in govt hospitals for organ transplantationThe Indian Express
Telangana’s Organ donation scheme emerges as the best in the countryThe Hans India
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HMC conducts Qatar’s second liver transplant from a living donor
Gulf Times
“Since the launch of the Qatar Organ Donation Centre, we have developed a robust deceased organ donation programme. We are continuing to work to expand this programme, raising public awareness about organ donation and the importance of registering …

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Chain of life-changing kidney donations links four families
WTHITV.com
… recognize August 10 as their second birthdays. Their living transplant chain meant the recipients didn’t have to wait as long for a kidney. If a deceased donor is used, the wait can be five years or longer. Right now there are 100,000 people on the …

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Kidney donation doesn’t stop Bend triathlete from competing
The Bellingham Herald
Dr. Charles Modlin, a kidney transplant surgeon with the Cleveland Clinic, said that’s an important message to get out, as living donors are crucial. Not only are there not enough kidneys to go around from deceased donors, transplants from living …

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Kidney donation doesn’t stop Bend triathlete from competing | The …
The Sun Herald
A Bend triathlete’s training was slowed, but not stopped after donating a kidney to his wife.

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Kidney Donation Doesn’t Stop Bend Triathlete From Competing
U.S. News & World Report
Dr. Charles Modlin, a kidney transplant surgeon with the Cleveland Clinic, said that’s an important message to get out, as living donors are crucial. Not only are there not enough kidneys to go around from deceased donors, transplants from living …

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Only 23 percent organ are transplanted to needy patients: Anupriya patel
Medical Dialogues
“There is a need to promote cadaver or deceased organ donation rather than relying on living donors in order to avoid the risk of commercial trading of organs and also to avoid the inherent risk to the health of the living donor,” Smt Anupriya Patel added.
Only 23% of donated organs are transplanted to needy patients: health ministryGears Of Biz

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Bend man continues competing after donating kidney to wife
Bend Bulletin
Dr. Charles Modlin, a kidney transplant surgeon with the Cleveland Clinic, said that’s an important message to get out, as living donors are crucial. Not only are there not enough kidneys to go around from deceased donors, transplants from living …

Toddler denied father’s kidney has successful transplant surgery
KSRO
A.J. Burgess, 2, received the transplant from a deceased donor Wednesday morning at a hospital in Atlanta, according to his family’s attorney, who called the surgery a “Thanksgiving miracle.” “This is for them an unexpected Thanksgiving miracle, it’s …
‘It’s working’: Baby AJ Out of Surgery After Surprise Kidney TransplantWLTX.com
Toddler receives kidney transplant after initial procedure stalled over dad’s probation violation, family saysFox News
Dying Toddler Gets a ‘Thanksgiving Miracle’Newser
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