04Jan/13

Software engineer gets first successful intestinal transplant – Times of India


Hindustan Times

Software engineer gets first successful intestinal transplant
Times of India
Himanshu, a 30-year-old software engineer who has had better luck than the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya, has become India’s first recipient of a successful intestinal transplant. Had Nirbhaya lived long, she too would have ultimately
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04Jan/13

Should the Indian Gang-Rape Victim Remain Anonymous? – TIME


TIME

Should the Indian Gang-Rape Victim Remain Anonymous?
TIME
As the ashes of the young New Delhi rape victim were scattered in the Ganges this week, a new debate started to take shape about the chilling attack that has sent India into a period of deep introspection. For weeks, protesters and ….. Any place of
Indian Gang-Rape Victim’s Attackers Charged with Murder, Protesters Push for Democracy Now

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04Jan/13

Organ Donors: Giving Gifts From The Heart – Hartford Courant


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Organ Donors: Giving Gifts From The Heart
Hartford Courant
She made it her mission to help change that, becoming the founding chair of the National Donor Family Council, author of the 1989 book “For Those Who Grieve and Give” and a regular speaker on organ donation. “There’s a national waiting list now, and at
Organ donor saves two livesCyprus Mail
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Giving the gift of lifeStornoway Gazette

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04Jan/13

Intestine replacement allows man to eat normally

New Delhi, Jan. 5 — Himanshu Singh’s gangrenous small intestine didn’t allow him to eat anything normally, which led to him go from weighing 74kg to 37kg in three years. He could not digest his food normally, his body was not able to absorb nutrients and he could have remained permanently dependent on intravenous nutrition. …

04Jan/13

India's first successful intestine transplant done at Medanta

Gurgaon, Jan. 5 — Intestinal transplant surgery, which could have saved the life of Delhi’s bus gang rape victim, was done for the first time in India over a month ago at Medanta – The Medicity, when a team of 30 doctors successfully gave Himanshu Singh, 30, a healthy small intestine from a cadaver donor on November 24.Since 60% of intestinal transplants fail because of high infection and …