Mumbai, Sept. 12 — Transparency and state support has made Tamil Nadu's cadaver organ donation programme successful, says Dr Amalorpavanathan, convenor, Cadaver Transplant Programme, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.What are the major bottlenecks…
Mumbai, Sept. 12 — It took all of four days for doctors at Fortis hospital to retrieve the kidneys and liver from a 27-year-old brain dead patient.The Goregaon resident had suffered a stroke. He was declared brain-dead on September 2 and was on life-s…
Woman swallows toothpick, suffers severe blood poisoningBusiness Standard… blood poisoning. Press Trust of India / London September 11, 2012, 15:20 … However, the subsequent development of a liver abscess was rare, the authors, from Bristol's F…
Indian pharma patent cases "misinterpret IP accords"Pharma TimesLast week, it was reported that India's Intellectual Property Appellate Board had reserved its decision on Bayer's appeal against the first compulsory licence granted in …
7 scientists win prestigious Lasker medical awardsNews On 6NEW YORK (AP) – Seven scientists have won prestigious medical awards for development of liver transplantation, discoveries about the inner workings of cells, and leadership in biomedical scienc…
Priyanka pledges to donate her organsTimes of IndiaThus, for the university's Bollywood themed 20th anniversary celebration of its Liver Transplant Program to be held on October 5 in New York, the organisers have invited Pee-Cee to be the keynote s…
Sir Ganga Ram's grandson, Tej Ram, 88, who died of brain haemorrhage earlier this week, donated his liver and kidneys. Three patients have benefited from the same.
Ganga Ram's owner donates his liver and kidney at 88Hindustan Times"The current demand for kidney transplants is 1, 50,000, for livers is, 2, 00,000 and heart is 1, 50,000. But in India, we are only doing 3000 kidney transplants and 500 liver …
New Delhi, Sept. 10 — Sir Ganga Ram's grandson, Tej Ram, 88, who died of brain haemorrhage earlier this week, donated his liver and kidneys. Three patients have benefited from the same."He (Tej Ram) had expressed his desire to donate his orga…
Ganga Ram Trust chairman gives new life to 3 even in deathBusiness Standard"The cases of organ failure in India are going to increase in the next 10-15 years due to large number of people suffering from diabetes, hypertension and end stage renal a…