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Officials raise awareness about organ donation
Red Bank Hub, USA New Jersey Sharing Network is a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing, responsible for the recovery of organs and tissue for the 4500 New Jersey residents currently awaiting transplants. More than 100000 people in the US are on transplant … |
Stanley records a first in liver transplant – Hindu
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Stanley records a first in liver transplant
Hindu, India PROUD MOMENT: Dr. Surendran and his team of surgeons who successfully performed the liver transplantation at the Government Stanley Hospital in Chennai on Thursday. CHENNAI: South India’s first successful liver transplant in the public sector was … |
Multi-organ transplant is a trend now – Times of India
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Multi-organ transplant is a trend now
Times of India, India From 2007 to December 2008, we had received kidneys from four brain-dead persons, all from Mysore, saving eight kidney patients in the state," Jency Antony, transplant coordinator of ZCCK, told The Times of India. "It's an emotional situation, … |
organ donors' expenses at center of ethics debate – USA Today
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organ donors' expenses at center of ethics debate
USA Today In 2007, 22049 of the 28360 organ transplants were from deceased donors, according the United Network for Organ Sharing. Ethical concerns are being raised. Helping people with funeral expenses "crosses over into helping bribe them," says Arthur Caplan, … |
With three calls, organ registry has busy day – Times of India
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With three calls, organ registry has busy day
Times of India, India CHENNAI: It was one of busiest days at the Central Organ Registry the nodal agency working from the Government General Hospital to network hospitals for cadaver organ transplants. It had received calls from three hospitals with offers from relatives of … |
Woman accused in kidney racket gets bail – Indopia
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Woman accused in kidney racket gets bail
Indopia, India – Jan 27, 2009 Ambala , Jan 27 A local designated court today granted bail to a nurse on humanitarian ground while rejecting the bail plea of five others accused in the … |
PGI opens registration for lung-transplant hopefuls – Indian Express
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PGI opens registration for lung–transplant hopefuls
Indian Express, India – Jan 24, 2009 Chandigarh: With an aim to become a pioneer institute in the country to carry out heart lung or lobar lung transplantation, the PGI is registering patients … |
First successful cadaveric transplant performed – Times of India
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First successful cadaveric transplant performed
Times of India, India – Jan 23, 2009 Doctors say it was the first successful cadaveric heart transplantation in Karnataka. Prakash suffered from a severe cardiac disease and was unable to walk. … |
Organ donation bid surpasses target – The Press Association
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Organ donation bid surpasses target
The Press Association – Jan 21, 2009 A call to double the number of people on the organ donor register to 16 million has been achieved a year early, figures showed. More than one in four (26%) … Organ donor targets reached but shortage remains InTheNews.co.uk Organ donor register target met ahead of schedule Nursing Times Organ donors needed to 'save lives' Radio 1 Mirror.co.uk – Evening Post all 327 news articles |
Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone – PR Newswire (press release)
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Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone
PR Newswire (press release), NY – Jan 21, 2009 The procedure, also called composite tissue allotransplantation, criticized by some in the hand surgery community and lauded by others in the world of organ … |