|
Hospitals queue up for transplant licence
Times of India, India The response initially was very poor. Now, it's picking with an increase in the number of donations," said state transplant coordinator Dr J Amalorpavanathan, who hopes the network will have at least 500 hospitals by mid-2008. |
 Calcutta Telegraph |
Kidney racket busted, three held
The Statesman, India 6: Three persons, including a woman were arrested in the past five days in two different places of the city for their involvement in a kidney racket. The three ~ Hriday Dube, Mithun Chatterjee and Chandana Mukherjee ~ were produced in Sealdah Court and … Kidney racket busted in Kolkata after victim raises alarm Indian Express Cops bust kidney racket, nab three Times of India Nationwide kidney racket busted Calcutta Telegraph Indopia – Calcutta Telegraph all 8 news articles |
|
Is Machine Perfusion a Superior Method of Preserving Donor Kidneys?
Medscape From November 1, 2005 through October 31, 2006, the authors performed an international (European), prospective, controlled trial of randomly assigning 1 kidney from 336 consecutive deceased donors to either machine perfusion or static cold storage … |
|
10-yr-old needs monetary help for a transplant
Times of India, India As there were financial constraints, the HLA-typing of all siblings took almost a year. The first four siblings were not a match but at last, his sister Sunita, who was HLA-typed this month, was confirmed to be a full-house match. … |
|
Social status should not factor in who receives transplants
Statesville Record & Landmark, USA I asked myself, and I plan to ask the transplant coordinator at Carolinas Medical Center, if we were wealthy, would my husband have already received his transplant by now. My husband is 46 years old. Before he became disabled, he worked as a welder for … |
 CBC.ca |
Md. surgeons remove donated kidney through vagina
The Associated Press More than 78000 people are on the national waiting list to receive kidneys from deceased donors. The need is increasing as diabetes and obesity rise, threatening to further lengthen a wait that can last years. In 2007, more than a third of the 16629 … Kidney delivered through vagina, donated to niece |
|
Organ donation: PGI attempts to spread awareness
Times of India, India CHANDIGARH: The Organ Donation Awareness Week started at PGI on Monday. The hospital’s department of transplant surgery set up a desk in the New OPD building, which provides information related to organ donation after brain death. … |
|
Lung transplants: Doing more is better and safer
Science Centric, Bulgaria Transplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins have evidence that hospitals performing at least 20 lung transplant procedures a year, on average, have the best overall patient survival rates and lowest number of deaths from the complex surgery. … |
|
`Rate of heart transplants too low in country'
Times of India, India "Preventive cardiology includes control on diabetes, hypertension and diet besides regular exercise to check cardiac problems that are rising in the country," added the pioneer cardiac surgeon who performed the first successful heart transplantation in … |
|
Double transplant saves man
Times of India, India According to doctors, diabetics who undergo just a kidney transplant have 80% mortality rate at 10 years versus a 20% mortality who undergo SPK. Renal function is better in SPK than in just a renal transplant. "The survival rate for a dual transplant … |