Organ donation remains a remote possibility in GoaTimes of IndiaThe scope for cadaver organ transplants in Goa is huge-especially with the large pool of potential brain dead organ donors. While the state records around 350 deaths due to road accidents …
Bengal leads in organ donationTimes of IndiaKOLKATA: At a time when people are falling victims to the most complicated of diseases, the city is inching towards a better record in organ donation. West Bengal gets the maximum number of body donations in …
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A’bad school kids get enlightening lesson
Times of India The presentation was conducted by Shatayu – a group championing the cause of organ donation – as part of TOI’s I Lead India initiative. Students were enlightened about the rules and regulations linked with the removal, storage and transplantation of … |
Shinde to be discharged in 3 days: DoctorTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: A day after Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde was operated for a small growth in the lung, he continued to remain in the ICU at Breach Candy Hospital for observation. The senior Congre…
Siliconindia.comCadaveric organ donation in India caught in bureaucratic bindThe HinduNineteen years ago, when the Transplantation of Human Organs Act was passed, activists rejoiced. They believed it would put an end to the commercial sale of organs, a…
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UP IAS officer’s suspension
Chandigarh Tribune It can also detect lung TB and extra-pulmonary TB with great accuracy. This test is now widely available across a chain of Indian private laboratories for INR 1700, via a special Initiative for Promotion of Affordable and Quality TB tests (www.ipaqt.org). |
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Individual efforts for a noble cause
Times of India On July 8, 2011 when Samal, a resident of Manoharpur under Medinipur gram panchayat near Bhawanipatna who has been practicing since 1994, organized the first organ donation awareness camp at Medinipur village under the banner of ‘Life Vision’, … |
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The real ‘ardhangini’
Times of India In India, wives are referred as ‘ardhangini’ – undivided part of body – and in case of Ramesh and Sharda that has been proved literally. In 2005, when Ramesh couldn’t find any donor, Sharda saved his life by donating her liver and the same thing … |
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Kiran and Aamir pledge to donate their organs
Times of India It’s also important that once we pledge our organs, we need to create the right kind of systems to help facilitate the donation easily and use the organs correctly. What I have heard is that the logistics is nightmarish and people don’t come to collect … |
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P Chidambaram fills in Sushilkumar Shinde’s shoes Rajya Sabha
Times of India NEW DELHI: With Union home minister SushilkumarShinde away recuperating from a lung surgery at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital, finance minister P Chidambaram will step in to help the ministers of state for home in Parliament. Ministers of state RPN … |