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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Hyderabad: Patient's Family Donate Liver, Kidney, Saves Life

Hyderabad: The family members of a patient saved his life by donating their organs. Ramesh, a 54-year-old businessman from Ongole, had been suffering for the past eight years from liver and kidney failure, along with several comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes and a hepatitis B infection. Such a condition has less than a 10 per cent chance of survival unless the …

Hyderabad Patient Transplant Liver Kidney Failure Kidney Transplant Family Donate

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Ludhiana: Liver patient gets new lease of life at city hospital

Hindustan Times

In a lifesaving initiative at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, the unfortunate demise of a 56-year-old woman from Ludhiana led to the donation of her organs, giving a new lease of life to multiple individuals. Following the declaration of brain death, the hospital’s in-house organ retrieval and transplantation team, including the critical care and anaesthesia team led by Dr PL …

Hospital Liver Dmch

1 month, 1 week ago

Does premier medical centre need a surgical healing touch?

Hindustan Times

A team of surgeons and doctors from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in New Delhi performed a liver transplant on an 18-year-old girl on February 12, 2022. The Centre for Hepatobiliary Diseases and Transplantation, a state-of-the-art ₹100-crore facility inaugurated by chief minister Yogi Adityanath on October 15, …

Surgery Centre Professor Icu Transplants Pgi Liver Transplants

5 months ago

HC orders Delhi hospital to decide on 17-yr-old’s liver donation plea

Hindustan Times

Punjab and Haryana high court disposed of a plea by a 17-year-old seeking permission to donate liver to his ailing father with directions to the hospital’s authorisation committee to decide his representation within a week. HC orders Delhi hospital to decide on 17-yr-old’s liver donation plea A Ludhiana resident, Rudhra Kapoor had moved the high court seeking permission to allow …

Delhi Liver His Ailing Father Donation Plea

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Two liver transplants conducted in a day at Prabhakar Kore Hospital

The Hindu

KLE Society’s Prabhakar Kore Hospital in Belagavi has given a new lease of life to two persons by successfully conducting two liver transplant operations on a single day. Second case The second liver donation was done by the family of a 21-year-old male patient from Muragod admitted at Prabhakar Kore Hospital who was declared brain dead after he sustained a …

Prabhakar Kore Hospital Liver Transplantation Kore Hospital

5 months, 3 weeks ago

9-year-old brain dead boy’s organs save four lives in Pune

Hindustan Times

The parents of a nine-year old boy from Vishrantwadi who was declared brain dead on July 9 after suffering from benign brain tumour with Hydrocephalus donated his organs and saved four lives, said officials. The city recorded the 36th cadaveric organ donation this year, said officials of Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee, Pune. With this the city recorded the 36th cadaveric …

Hospital Pune Transplant Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee Sahyadri Hospital Ztcc

6 months, 1 week ago

Free renal, liver transplants up to ₹3 lakh in Haryana

Hindustan Times

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved a proposal under which free renal and liver transplant services up to ₹3 lakh will be provided to eligible patients under the Mukhya Mantri Muft Ilaj Yojana. The Haryana chief minister has approved a proposal under which free renal and liver transplant services up to ₹ 3 lakh will be provided to …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre sets timeline for disposing living donor transplant applications

The Hindu

The Union Government has set a timeline of six to eight weeks for health authorities in the States/Union Territories to decide on applications seeking living donor organ transplantation. The decision follows a Delhi High Court order in January, which directed the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to prescribe timelines for steps in the process of considering an application pertaining …

Indian Committee Living Decision Timeline Authorisation Recipient

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Niche tourism sector gains healthy advantage in Shanghai

China Daily

Chinese surgeon Xia Qiang meets with Malaysian girl Damia in 2019, who received a liver transplant from him at Shanghai's Renji Hospital 5 years earlier. Over the past decade, more than 3,200 pediatric liver transplants, including 41 for expat babies, have been performed by Xia and his team at Shanghai's Renji Hospital. "The 10-year survival rate for pediatric liver transplants …

Medical Hospital Medical Services Shanghai Xia Liver Transplants

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers

Associated Press

DALLAS — Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients ineligible to receive a new organ. Officials at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center have said they are investigating after …

Memorial Houston Transplant Program Liver Hermann Memorial Hermann

9 months ago

Odisha woman plays donor in SCB’s 1st liver transplant

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: After a long wait of over a decade, the first ever complex liver transplantation was conducted on a patient with end-stage liver disease at SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack on Wednesday. With this, Odisha’s premier medical institution became the first government health facility to start liver transplantation in the state. The 10-hour long procedure was conducted on …

Transplantation Transplant Liver Scb

9 months, 2 weeks ago

KLE Society hospital clocks a dozen liver transplants in a year

The Hindu

Doctors at KLE Society’s Prabhakar Kore Hospital have successfully conducted 12 liver transplants in a year. The hospital has a robust team of transplant coordinators led by Geeta S. Desai and Basavaraj Majati motivating families of brain dead patients for organ donation. The transplant surgeries were possible due to the continuous and dedicated effort of the liver transplant team led …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Miracles of kidney transplant: Benefits, procedure, everything to know for those suffering from end-stage renal disease

Hindustan Times

A kidney transplant means taking a healthy kidney from a donor and placing it into one whose kidneys are not functioning properly where donated kidneys can be sourced from either living individuals or deceased organ donors. Miracles of kidney transplant: Benefits, procedure, everything to know for those suffering from end-stage renal disease In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Puneet …

Disease Life Kidney Individuals Transplant Chronic Kidney Disease Kidney Transplant

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chandigarh: 20-year-old youth brain dead youth saves lives of four end-stage patients

Hindustan Times

A 20-year-old Haryana youth gave new lease of life to four terminally ill patients with organ donation here at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. The lives that were impacted through transplantation as an outcome of his organ donation included one heart recipient at Chennai, one kidney recipient and two corneal recipients here at PGIMER. As the cross-matching indicated …

Organ Donation Pgimer Organ Sahil Recipient

10 months, 2 weeks ago

SoBo businessman helps KEM restart liver transplants

Hindustan Times

Nearly 14 years after its first attempt to transplant a live liver failed following the deaths of both recipient and donor, KEM hospital in Parel last week restarted its services, with a dedicated intensive care unit to tackle after-surgery infections. SoBo businessman helps KEM restart liver transplants The credit for this achievement goes to a Walkeshwar-based businessman, who made a …

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11 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Permits Liver Transplant Despite Objection By Donor's Wife

Live Law

In a pertinent decision, Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld a man's right to donate a part of his liver tissue to his ailing brother, despite the strong objections recorded by the donor's wife prior to authorisation. “…the objection raised by the respondent No.4 may be based on some apprehension in the contest of societal norms of keeping her Suhag …

Court Hospital Transplantation Respondent Madhya Pradesh Donor Wife

1 year ago

18-month-old toddler’s liver transforms 14-year-old boy’s fate

Hindustan Times

A 14-year-old boy from Nashik received a life-saving liver transplant at Nanavati Max Hospital, Vile Parle. The teenager had been grappling with a rare genetic disorder leading to excessive serum cholesterol levels, elevating the risk of early heart attacks and stroke. The teenager had been grappling with a rare genetic disorder leading to excessive serum cholesterol levels A 281 km …

Cholesterol Transplant

1 year ago

Rare liver transplant surgery conducted at Hyderabad hospital

Hindustan Times

Hyderabad Doctors of Star Hospitals in Hyderabad with the patient, who was suffering from end-stage liver disease, and his donors. Surgeons at a Hyderabad-based hospital have successfully conducted a dual lobe liver transplant on a 35-year-old male patient who was suffering from end-stage liver disease, considered a rare case of liver transplant. Dr Raghavendra Babu, Chief Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary …

Hyderabad Surgery Babu Mahesh Patient Liver Liver Transplant

1 year, 1 month ago

SC comes to rescue of US boy, allows distant Indian cousin to donate liver

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has come to the rescue of a three-year-old boy, a US citizen in critical need of liver transplant, by permitting his distant Indian cousin to donate the organ, saying it is not an appropriate case to consider the legal requirement in absolute terms. A bench comprising justices A S Bopanna and M M Sundresh was …

India Court Child Case Bench Transplant Liver

1 year, 3 months ago

Organ recipients share experiences, thank donors and philanthropists for giving them new lease of life

The Hindu

Five recipients of transplanted organs recalled their experiences and thanked the donors at an event organised by Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet. A 52-year-old homemaker, who had scleroderma, lung fibrosis and severe pulmonary hypertension since 2014, received a bilateral lung transplant and is now planning her son’s wedding. Similarly, a 52-year-old mother diagnosed with worsening familial interstitial lung disease underwent a bilateral …

Organ Donation Heart Hospital Lung Transplant Organ Recipients Share

1 year, 4 months ago

Parents of three-year-old cancer patient urge others to opt in to organ donation

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The parents of a three-year-old with liver cancer are urging …

Organ Donation Hope Child Donation Your Child Nhs Transplant

1 year, 4 months ago

How a family’s choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Mary Miller-Duffy was dazed and grieving. That’s how the body of Maurice “Mo” Miller started its journey to a sunny corner of NYU Langone Health’s intensive care unit — and became part of the quest to one day ease the nation’s transplant shortage with organs from animals. “This tragic death, this fast short death — something good …

Research Body Kidney New York Miller Pig Her Brother

1 year, 6 months ago

Chandigarh: Organs of 19-year-old boy saves life of three

Hindustan Times

The organs of a 19-year-old boy, who was declared brain dead following a fatal road accident, gave a new life to three organ failure patients who needed the transplants of heart, kidneys and liver to survive. The critically injured boy was rushed to a local hospital and then he was shifted to Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research but …

Heart Kidney Pgimer Organ

1 year, 7 months ago

KGMU docs perform two liver transplants in two days; donors & recipients discharged

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW In a life-saving feat, doctors at the King George’s Medical University conducted two successful liver transplants in two days. Another patient, a 33-year-old male Siddharthnagar-resident, was suffering from hepatitis B with advanced stage liver cirrhosis. “More than two lakh patients suffer from liver cirrhosis in India per year. Only about 2,000 liver transplants are done in India per year,” …

Liver Kgmu Recipients Discharged Docs Perform

1 year, 9 months ago

Transplantation best solution for people with end stage liver failure, says expert

The Hindu

Senior liver transplant surgeon and founder of South Asian Liver Institute Prof. Dr. Tom Cherian said liver transplantation is the optimal treatment solution for patients with advanced liver failure. Speaking at a press conference held here on Saturday on the occasion of the completion of six months since the inauguration of the Manipal-South Asian Liver Unit in collaboration with Manipal …

Transplant Liver Transplants

1 year, 9 months ago

On this day in 2012 – Barcelona announce Eric Abidal to have liver transplant

The Independent

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Barcelona announced that defender Eric Abidal was to …

Barcelona Eric Liver Transplant Abidal

1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala Teen Donates Part of Liver To Father, Becomes Youngest Organ Donor In India

News 18

A 17-year-old girl from Kerala donated a part of her liver to her ailing father, becoming the youngest organ donor in the country. When his condition turned worse and the family’s pursuit to find a suitable donor turned futile, led the family’s daughter Devananda came forward to donate a portion of her liver to her 48-year-old ailing father. Since minors …

Kerala Father Devananda Her Liver Donate Organ

2 years ago

Kerala High Court Allows 17-Year-Old Minor To Donate Liver For Her Father; Says "Blessed Are Parents Who Have Children Like Her"

Live Law

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted permission to a 17-year-old minor girl to donate a portion of her liver for conducting her father's transplantation surgery, subject to the other requirements of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 and the Rules. Blessed are parents who have children like Devananda.The writ petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter to donate kidney to him: What is a live kidney donor and what are the risks involved?

Firstpost

Rohini Acharya, the younger daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, will be donating her kidney to her father later this month, becoming a live kidney donor. Contrary to popular perception, live donations are safe and people who opt for this method live a normal life post surgery Ailing Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, who’s been in and out of …

Pti Live Person Living Her Father Transplant Donate

2 years, 3 months ago

Thiruvananthapuram MCH performs living donor liver transplant successfully

The Hindu

The Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, performed a living donor liver transplant successfully on Thursday, the second government MCH in Kerala to perform such a surgery successfully. A team of transplant surgeons from KIMSHEALTH and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences ably assisted the surgical team at the MCH The patient, a 53-year-old from Malappuram who had been ailing due to …

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2 years, 4 months ago

SC issues notice to UP govt on plea of 17-year-old seeking to donate part of liver to father

Firstpost

Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh government on a plea of a 17-year-old boy seeking permission to donate part of liver to his father who is in critical condition. New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh government on a plea of a 17-year-old boy seeking permission to donate part of liver to his …

Supreme Court Court Uttar Pradesh His Father Critical Condition Uttar Pradesh Government

2 years, 6 months ago

Liver transplant done at NRI General Hospital

The Hindu

Doctors at NRI General Hospital in Guntur district have successfully performed a liver transplant on a farmer from Movva in Krishna district. A team of doctors led by Dr. Srikanth removed the liver from the woman and shifted it to NRI Hospital on Sunday through a green channel arranged by police from Kurnool to Mangalagiri. Dr. Srikanth said that the …

Hospital Liver Transplant Nri General

2 years, 7 months ago

Doctors educate people on liver diseases at ‘Punarjanma’ in Mysuru

The Hindu

About 250 persons turned up for ‘Punarjanma’, a liver disease awareness programme organised in Mysuru, which was addressed by doctors and specialists from a private hospital. Among those present were Bharateesha Reddy, Vice-President and Unit Head, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru; Dr. Rajkumar P Wadhwa, Chief Gastroenterologist and Head of Institute of Gastro Sciences; Dr. Suresh Raghavaiah, Senior Consultant HPB and …

Life Patients Mysuru Diseases Transplant Liver Organ

2 years, 7 months ago

Explained | The process of organ transplants from a deceased donor

The Hindu

Given the advancements in the surgical methods we have today, organ donation and transplantation are boons to those suffering from failing organs. Recently, in Chennai, doctors successfully conducted cadaveric liver transplants from two patients whose families consented to organ donation after they were declared brain-dead. One of the main criteria for organ donation is two certifications from doctors, with an …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Mysterious pediatric liver disease found in Minnesota

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Health said it’s investigating several severe cases of hepatitis among children and has reported the cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC continues to investigate cases of the sudden liver disease in nearly 200 children that has health authorities in several countries racing to find answers. “Why this kid had …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Father denied heart transplant because he won’t get Covid vaccine

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 31-year-old’s father David Ferguson told CBS Boston …

Covid Ferguson Transplant Mr Ferguson Heart Transplant

3 years ago

Young girl gives new lease of life to her father by donating liver

Deccan Chronicle

Visakhapatnam: Twenty-one-year-old Vani has given a new lease of life to her ailing father by donating her liver for transplant. A team of doctors of Care Hospitals, Vizag performed the 16-hour long surgery to harvest liver from the young girl to save her father from end-stage liver disease. Liver transplant surgeon Dr Mohamad Nayeem, who came here from Hyderabad for …

Surgery Rao Transplant Liver Vani

3 years, 4 months ago

A Rakhi Gift Like No Other: Critically-lll Teen Gets Lease of Life After Sisters Donate Portions of Liver

News 18

A 14-year-old boy who was terminally ill with liver failure has received a new lease of life, thanks to his two elder sisters who donated portions of their organs to him for a challenging transplant surgery, doctors said on Saturday. The teenager from Budaun in Uttar Pradesh had undergone the surgery recently at a leading private facility in Gurgaon, and …

Sisters Transplant Liver His Sisters

3 years, 5 months ago

23-km green corridor gives BSF constable awaiting liver transplant new lease of life

India TV News

A 42-year-old BSF constable awaiting a liver transplant got a new lease of life on Friday when the organ reached him after being harvested from a 70-year-old donor and transported through a stretch of 23 km in just 22 minutes, a city-based hospital said. The liver was donated by a 70-year-old male patient who had suffered intracranial haemorrhage, resulting in …

Hospital Transplant Liver Bsf Just 22 Minutes

3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | Organ donation laws are outdated, they need to be changed

India TV News

Today I want to salute the family members of a 46-year-old woman Kamini Patel from Surat, who was declared brain dead after a severe brain haemorrhage. The heart was to be sent from Surat to Mumbai and transplanted within four hours, both the lungs were to be sent to Hyderabad, and kidney and liver were to be given to donors …

Family India Mumbai Hyderabad Ahmedabad Hospital Kidney

3 years, 11 months ago

9-month-old Iraqi Boy Gets New Lease of Life After Liver Transplant at Delhi Hospital

News 18

A nine-month-old boy from Iraq got a new lease of life after undergoing liver transplant a hospital in Delhi. Hamad's mother donated a part of her liver to save her son's life who was born after three kids who died perhaps of a similar disease that could not be diagnosed and treated timely, the hospital said. According to Dr Sailendra …

Transplant Liver Hamad Delhi Hospital Liver Transplant

4 years, 1 month ago

Father-of-two 52, who survived coronavirus, undergoes life-saving double lung transplant

Daily Mail

A New Mexico father-of-two has undergone a life-saving double lung transplant after a four-month-long battle with the novel coronavirus. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Father-of-two Arthur Sanchez, 52, from Las Cruces, New Mexico, has undergone a life-saving double lung transplant after a four-month-long battle with coronavirus. Pictured: Sanchez, with his wife, Michaela left; and grilling, right After being weaned off of …

Hospital New Mexico His Wife His Sister Icu Wife Pictured

4 years, 5 months ago

Organ donation saves sick toddler's life, dad sees him laugh for the first time

ABC

A Brisbane toddler who spent months in hospital is now thriving after receiving a life-saving organ transplant at just eight months old. Key points: At eight months old Cooper received a lifesaving transplant after his liver shut down As of January, 6.8 million Australians were registered organ and tissue donors For a person's tissue or organs to be donated, they …

Life Organ Donation Donor Chin Cooper Liver His Liver

5 years, 2 months ago

Amethi farmer gets free liver transplant

India TV News

A poor farmer from the Amethi district got a free liver transplant after the department of surgical gastroenterology at King George's Medical University here played good samaritan for him. Singh's wife Vandana, 39, decided to donate a part of her organ, the department helped the patient in applying and procuring financial assistance under the Chief Minister's Asadhya Rog Yojana. A …

Transplant Liver Free Liver Transplant

5 years, 6 months ago

New Delhi: Man gets kidney from wife, liver from son in complicated dual organ transplant

India TV News

In a complicated dual organ transplant, a Mumbai man, who was suffering from lifestyle ailments, received a kidney from his wife and liver from his son in a 24-hour-long surgery at a hospital here, doctors said on Wednesday. The patient, Razaur Rehman, had suffered "liver and kidney failure" from long-standing diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, they said. "Rehman was advised a …

Failure Man Kidney Max Liver Organ

5 years, 7 months ago

Nationwide liver transplant policy caught up in court case

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Organ transplant officials are rolling back a new nationwide policy over how to allocate scarce livers amid a legal fight in federal court, an attorney for the nonprofit that manages the U.S. transplant system said Monday. Totenberg was considering holding UNOS in contempt after hospitals and patients challenging the new liver policy said the group was deliberately ignoring …

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