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WHO Urges Ethical, Safe Practices In Organ Transplantation
eMaxHealth.com, NC In India alone, 150 000 patients suffer from end-stage renal disease, while 200 000 patients need liver transplantation and 80 000 require heart transplants. The non-availability of adequate numbers of donors remains a major challenge. … |
Symposium on organ donation ends at PGI – Chandigarh Newsline
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Symposium on organ donation ends at PGI
Chandigarh Newsline, India Chandigarh The two-day symposium on “Promotion of Deceased Organ Donation” concluded at the PGI on Sunday with nearly 200 delegates from all over the country providing their inputs on spreading awareness on cadaver donation. On the concluding day, … |
Face-transplants raise difficult ethical questions – Kansas City Star
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Face-transplants raise difficult ethical questions
Kansas City Star, MO Most innovative surgical procedures fail at first. The first kidney transplant recipients died long, drawn-out deaths. Heart transplantation worked once in the first 100 tries. Liver transplantation was a disaster until new drugs made success possible. … |
Kidney racket: 3 more held – The Statesman
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Kidney racket: 3 more held
The Statesman, India KOLKATA, Feb. 8: Three persons, including two employees of a private hospital near Phoolbagan were arrested last night for allegedly being involved in the kidney transplant racket that was busted on Monday. Mr Pradip Mondal (32), Mr Prabuddha … Health dept seeks report on kidney racket Times of India Kidney racket: Three more arrested Kolkata Newsline all 5 news articles |
Transplant livers may be offered to larger region – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Transplant livers may be offered to larger region
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA Projections show this would result in 200 additional transplants among candidates with MELD scores of 25 or higher. Surgeons have said some patients with lower scores benefit from liver transplantation. Research shows that group includes people who … |
PGI patient exposes illegal kidney racket in Lahore – Times of India
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PGI patient exposes illegal kidney racket in Lahore
Times of India, India There is an emphasis on cadaver donation in the guidelines. Not only will it help curtail the organ racket in poverty-stricken pockets but also protect the lives of donors." On their maiden visit to India, both Noel and Francis are keen that the … |
Hospitals queue up for transplant licence – Times of India
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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. |
Kidney racket busted, three held – The Statesman
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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
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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
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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. … |