04Jan/13

Software engineer gets first successful intestinal transplant – Times of India


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Software engineer gets first successful intestinal transplant
Times of India
Himanshu, a 30-year-old software engineer who has had better luck than the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya, has become India’s first recipient of a successful intestinal transplant. Had Nirbhaya lived long, she too would have ultimately
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04Jan/13

India's first successful intestine transplant done at Medanta

Gurgaon, Jan. 5 — Intestinal transplant surgery, which could have saved the life of Delhi’s bus gang rape victim, was done for the first time in India over a month ago at Medanta – The Medicity, when a team of 30 doctors successfully gave Himanshu Singh, 30, a healthy small intestine from a cadaver donor on November 24.Since 60% of intestinal transplants fail because of high infection and …

04Jan/13

Intestine replacement allows man to eat normally

New Delhi, Jan. 5 — Himanshu Singh’s gangrenous small intestine didn’t allow him to eat anything normally, which led to him go from weighing 74kg to 37kg in three years. He could not digest his food normally, his body was not able to absorb nutrients and he could have remained permanently dependent on intravenous nutrition. …

04Jan/13

Health facts to know – Zee News

Zee NewsHealth facts to knowZee NewsIn India 200,000 people need a new kidney every year and 100,000 need a new liver, only 2 percent to 3 percent of the demand for new organs is met. An estimated 3, 000 doctors migrate from India every year. This not …