28Nov/13

Son's death helps save mother's life through organ donation – 14 News WFIE Evansville


New York Daily News

Son’s death helps save mother’s life through organ donation
14 News WFIE Evansville
Her son even recorded a message on YouTube encouraging organ donation. It was a message Zona didn’t find after her son passed away. Now, she found herself out of options and knew her son was her only hope. So the day after his death, she postponed 
Tennessee mom receives kidney from dead sonNew York Daily News

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27Nov/13

Quarter of heart failure patients now have diabetes: Experts warn rising rates … – Daily Mail


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Quarter of heart failure patients now have diabetes: Experts warn rising rates
Daily Mail
More than a quarter of patients taken to hospital for heart failure now have diabetes, a report reveals today. Experts warn that rates of the illness are reaching ‘epidemic’ levels largely due to rising rates of obesity. The NHS report show that
New heart failure warning for diabeticsYorkshire Post
Heart failure in diabetics analysedGuernsey Press and Star (subscription)
Early death warning as diabetes crisis worsensExpress.co.uk
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27Nov/13

CMC to Join Body That Will Frame Policies on Liver care – The New Indian Express


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CMC to Join Body That Will Frame Policies on Liver care
The New Indian Express
“We are happy to thank the community for the organ donations (harvested from brain dead persons) and we are returning something to the society by way of performing free transplantation to the poor and the needy,” Eapen said. Lack of country-based data

27Nov/13

No facilities for treatment of congenital heart ailments: Himanta – Times of India


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No facilities for treatment of congenital heart ailments: Himanta
Times of India
Addressing an interactive session with parents of children having heart diseases here on Wednesday, Sarma said, “There are an estimated 15,000 children in the state having congenital heart diseases. But treatment to this disease is not available in the
Assam to offer heart treatment to 619 ailing kidsCanIndia News

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27Nov/13

An enduring success story – The Hindu


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An enduring success story
The Hindu
Though the significance of this transplant was not immediately apparent to anyone but the team who operated on him, over two years down the line the doctors dared to talk about India’s first successful liver transplant (Indian Paediatrics, 2001
36 Year Old Undergoes 16 Hour Liver Transplant Surgery at HCG, Gets a New Business Wire India (press release)

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