11 Lifestyle diseases you should take seriouslyTimes of IndiaThe International Diabetes Federation suggests that India has the largest number of people who suffer with type 2 diabetes at around 40.9 million people. Arteriosclerosis This is a … Cirrho…
Two more cadaver donations in cityTimes of IndiaIn the first case, the family of a 56-year-old man who was declared brain dead at Jaslok Hospital on Friday night gifted his liver. In the other case at Mulund's Fortis Hospital, a 40-year-old man was…
Mumbai, Sept. 16 — The families of two brain-dead patients donated three of their organs on Friday taking the total number of organs donated this year to 46, the city's highest in the last few years.A Thane-based family donated the kidneys of a re…
A 75-year-old frail man who underwent liver transplant surgery two months ago, returned to hospital for treatment of heart attack. Subramaniam Raju had been operated on during the transplant surge…
Last May, Sharon Gracias, transplant coordinator at Andheri's BSES Hospital was called to Suchak Hospital, Malad, twice on a Sunday to convince a family to donate the organs of their 53-year old mother who was brain-dead after suffering a stroke.
Mumbai, Sept. 14 — Last May, Sharon Gracias, transplant coordinator at Andheri's BSES Hospital was called to Suchak Hospital, Malad, twice on a Sunday to convince a family to donate the organs of their 53-year old mother who was brain-dead after s…
TopNews Arab EmiratesObstacles to Organ Donation in IndiaWall Street Journal (blog)When Indian science minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passed away last month, the head of the Chennai hospital where he was treated said he may have survived, had he had a live…
Beijing, Sep 12 (IANS) Two babies with severe congenital liver disease may get a new lease of life after their mothers were found qualified to donate part of their livers to each other's boys.
Great scope for medical tourism between Pakistan, IndiaThe News InternationalThere is great scope for medical tourism between Pakistan and India, especially in the domains of children's cardiac surgery and liver transplants, eminent hematologist an…
Organs in wrong spots, but gastric bypass successfulTimes of IndiaAHMEDABAD: Forty-three-year-old Panna Mistry found that all her vital organs in the body – heart, lungs, liver and stomach – were 'mirrored', or lay in the direction opposite to …