23Dec/12

UCLA Performs First ‘Breathing Lung’ Transplant In United States

By Amy Albin First there was the “heart in a box,” a revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen in an ice cooler. Now that same technology is being used to deliver “breathing lungs.” The lung transplant team at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical successfully performed the nation’s first “breathing lung …

23Dec/12

Blood donation camp – The Hindu

Blood donation campThe HinduDaasya, a non-profit organisation in Ashok Nagar has organised a blood donation camp from 9 a.m to noon on December 30 at Panigraha Kalayana Mandapam, Arya Gowda Road, West Mambalam. C. Sridhar (DIG, CBCID) will be inaugurat…