Heartbreaking yet heroic: 16-month-old becomes Odisha’s youngest donor; Janmesh’s parents turn grief into hope
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Heartbreaking yet heroic: 16-month-old becomes Odisha’s youngest donor; Janmesh’s parents turn grief into hope

Live Mint  

Odisha’s youngest donor: In a deeply moving and historic moment, AIIMS Bhubaneswar has facilitated a landmark multi-organ transplant, making 16-month-old Janmesh Lenka the youngest organ donor in Odisha. Understanding the life-saving potential of organ donation, the hospital’s transplant coordination team counselled Janmesh’s grieving parents. The gastro-surgery team, led by Dr Brahmadutt Patnaik, successfully retrieved Janmesh’s liver, which was then transported to the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in New Delhi. Janmesh's parents' noble decision has sparked a conversation on the importance of pediatric organ donation, paving the way for greater acceptance and life-saving efforts in India.

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Odisha: One-year-old boy saves lives of three through organ donation
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Odisha: One-year-old boy saves lives of three through organ donation

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: A family from Odisha’s Rourkela has touched hearts with their remarkable act of generosity, choosing to donate their one-year-old son’s organs after his untimely demise. Ashok Lenka and Pratibha Nayak made the noble decision following the tragic loss of their son, Janmesh Lenka, who was being treated at AIIMS Bhubaneswar for severe health complications. The family’s act serves as …

Chandigarh: 33-yr-old brain-dead man gives fresh lease of life to four patients
1 month ago

Chandigarh: 33-yr-old brain-dead man gives fresh lease of life to four patients

Hindustan Times  

A 33-year-old man from Fatehgarh Sahib, who suffered a fatal head injury in an accident, gave a new lease of life to four critically ill patients through organ donation at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Jatinder Singh’s heart, both kidneys and liver were transplanted into four critically ill patients at PGIMER in Chandigarh. Jatinder Singh’s family …

Brain-dead teacher’s organ donation gives new life to four patients in Thiruvananthapuram
1 month, 1 week ago

Brain-dead teacher’s organ donation gives new life to four patients in Thiruvananthapuram

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a remarkable act of generosity, the family of 52-year-old R Rajesh, a teacher at Amrita HSS Paripally, donated his organs after he passed away due to a brain haemorrhage. His family made the decision to donate his organs to critically ill patients undergoing treatment in various hospitals. One kidney was allocated to the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College hospital, …

Varkala native’s organs give new lease of life to four
1 month, 1 week ago

Varkala native’s organs give new lease of life to four

The Hindu  

Four people were given a new lease of life when the family of a person who was declared brain-dead came forward to donate his organs. R. Rajesh, a native of Varkala and a school teacher at Amritha HSS, Parippally, had been admitted to a private hospital following cerebral haemorrhage on February 8. The kidneys were donated to two patients with …

Act of generosity: Body of two-day-old baby donated to Dehradun hospital
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Act of generosity: Body of two-day-old baby donated to Dehradun hospital

New Indian Express  

DEHRADUN: The family of a two-and-a-half-day-old baby donated her body for medical study at Doon Hospital in Dehradun, making her the youngest donor in the country. Dr Rajendra Saini from Haridwar stated, “The baby girl had a heart-related ailment that led to her passing on Wednesday morning.” The infant’s father, Ram Mihir, works as a factory employee in Haridwar. Hospital …

One year-old undergoes heart transplant in Bengaluru
4 months ago

One year-old undergoes heart transplant in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

A one-year-old infant got a new lease of life following a heart transplant in a private hospital in the city. The baby, suffering from end-stage heart failure due to Restrictive Cardiomyopathy, received a life-saving heart transplant at Narayana Health City in Bengaluru. On evaluation, Shashiraj, Clinical Lead for Paediatric Heart Failure and Transplant at the hospital, concluded that a heart …

Organ Donation Camp Till August 15 in Visakhapatnam
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Organ Donation Camp Till August 15 in Visakhapatnam

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: An organ donation initiative organised by the All India Body and Donors Association is taking place in Visakhapatnam till August 15. Prasad urged the community to overcome misconceptions and participate in organ donation to save lives. He expressed concern over the loss of lives due to delayed donor responses, noting that in the past five years, 90,000 individuals in …

Couple in Karnataka donate vital organs of brain dead daughter who wanted to be heart surgeon
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Couple in Karnataka donate vital organs of brain dead daughter who wanted to be heart surgeon

New Indian Express  

TUMAKURU: In a noble gesture, a couple from Tiptur donated the vital organs of their thirteen-year-old daughter Chandana V who was declared brain dead after she did not respond to treatment following a road accident. Back in her home town, Chandana, daughter of Vasanth Kumar and Divya of Halepalya area, was given a tearful farewell with people from different walks …

9-year-old brain dead boy’s organs save four lives in Pune
8 months, 2 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 …

Haryana youth gives new lease of life to five patients
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana youth gives new lease of life to five patients

Hindustan Times  

A 24-year-old brain dead Haryana youth gave a new lease of life to five patients by donating organs at PGIMER, Chandigarh. In another case, the family of an 18-year-old Haryana girl, after her tragic death, saved the lives of four critically ill patients by donating her organs. PGIMER medical superintendent and Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation nodal officer Dr …

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

Chandigarh: PGIMER doctor gets Sushruta award 2024
1 year, 1 month ago

Chandigarh: PGIMER doctor gets Sushruta award 2024

Hindustan Times  

PGIMER’s transplant coordinator Parul Gupta has been awarded Sushruta award 2024 on Thursday in recognition of her contributions in the field of organ donation. Parul Gupta has played an integral role since 2019 by facilitating over 150 organ and tissue donations. Gupta has played an integral role since 2019 by facilitating over 150 organ and tissue donations, adding success to …

Family of brain-dead woman saves seven lives
1 year, 6 months ago

Family of brain-dead woman saves seven lives

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: The decision of a brain-dead patient’s family members to donate her organs has helped seven critical patients. Keerthi, a resident of Ramapuram Harijanawada in Pichatur mandal of Chittoor district, had been undergoing treatment at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai. At this juncture, Rajiv Gandhi hospital dean Dr. E. Therani Rajan approached Keerthi’s parents, Sampath Kumar and Ammulu, …

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust
1 year, 7 months ago

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust

The Hindu  

The noblest of acts, arguably, is the donation of organs post-brain death, to aid transplantation of organs; no less significant is a living donor transplant. With a waiting list of over three lakh patients and at least 20 persons dying each day waiting for an organ, India’s paucity of organ donations, especially deceased donations, has been exacting a steep toll. …

Organ shortage continues to cost lives
1 year, 7 months ago

Organ shortage continues to cost lives

The Hindu  

With a waiting list of over three lakh patients and at least 20 persons dying each day waiting for an organ, India’s paucity of organ donations, especially deceased donations, has been exacting a steep toll. Vivek Kute, secretary, Indian Society of Organ Transplants, said that India’s deceased organ donation rate has been under one donor per million population for a …

Why organ donation in India needs big reforms
2 years ago

Why organ donation in India needs big reforms

India Today  

Organ donation in India is in the throes of change. In a major tweak on February 14 to the organ donation policy, the Union health ministry said that hereafter there will be no age bar to register for cadaver organ transplant. The Union health ministry has also directed states against charging any registration fees from patients awaiting organ transplant. There …

Kerala Teen Donates Part of Liver To Father, Becomes Youngest Organ Donor In India
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Doctor seeks memorial for youngest organ donor who saved 5 lives
2 years, 10 months ago

Doctor seeks memorial for youngest organ donor who saved 5 lives

India TV News  

A six-year-old child who donated organs and saved the lives of five persons has become the youngest organ donor in the history of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, senior AIIMS neurosurgeon Dr. Deepak Gupta told IANS, adding there must be some memorial and monument in her name to raise awareness about organ donation. Read: Anti-Terrorism Day 2022: …

Young girl gives new lease of life to her father by donating liver
3 years, 3 months 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 …

14-year-old brain dead Surat boy donates multiple organs, gives new lease of life to 6 through Donate Life
3 years, 4 months ago

14-year-old brain dead Surat boy donates multiple organs, gives new lease of life to 6 through Donate Life

India TV News  

A 14-year-old class 10 student from Surat, Dharmik Ajaybhai Kakadiya became the first person in Gujarat whose organs were donated by his family when he himself was on a waiting list for a kidney transplant at the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation. For the first time in the country, a multiple organ donation such as heart, lungs, liver, corneas, …

Organ donation picks up in Karnataka, 14 get new lease of life
3 years, 7 months ago

Organ donation picks up in Karnataka, 14 get new lease of life

Hindustan Times  

Fourteen people got a new lease of life after the families of two patients, who were declared brain dead on Thursday, decided to donate their organs. Karnataka health minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said that steps have been taken since Covid-19 has hampered blood and organ donation in the state. To promote organ donations, on August 13, Karnataka chief …

20-Month-Old Baby from Delhi Saves 5 Lives, Becomes India's Youngest Organ Donor
4 years, 2 months ago

20-Month-Old Baby from Delhi Saves 5 Lives, Becomes India's Youngest Organ Donor

News 18  

Thirty-nine-year-old Ashish Kumar and his wife Babita were devastated when their daughter, who was about to celebrate her second birthday, died last week after falling from a balcony of their house in Rohini. However, their grief was somewhat salvaged when they found that the death of their little one had given a new lease of life to five patients including …

Delhi: 20-month-old toddler gifts new life to 5 persons, becomes youngest cadaver donor
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi: 20-month-old toddler gifts new life to 5 persons, becomes youngest cadaver donor

India TV News  

A 20-months-old girl from Delhi's Rohini set a noble example even after death by gifting a new life to five persons after her parents donated her organs. Dhanishtha became the youngest cadaver donor whose multiple organs were donated which gave new lease of life to five patients. Her heart, liver, both kidneys, and both corneas were retrieved at Sir Ganga …

No such thing as goodbye: A teacher’s family shares why they donated her organs after death
4 years, 2 months ago

No such thing as goodbye: A teacher’s family shares why they donated her organs after death

Hindustan Times  

In death, there’s the promise of life. Even as they dealt with unimaginable shock, Rafath’s family took no time to decide that they wanted to donate her organs It has been six days since Syed Rafath Parveen,40, left this world after a sudden brain haemorrhage. Kindness…the thing that survives death Even in the face of grief, Rafath’s family requested the …

Odisha announces award in name of youth whose organs saved six lives
5 years, 4 months ago

Odisha announces award in name of youth whose organs saved six lives

The Hindu  

To encourage organ donation, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced that an annual award will be instituted in the name of a youth from Ganjam district whose organs were transplanted in six persons following his death in a road accident. Mr. Patnaik made the announcement after parents of Suraj Sethi, father Babuli Sethi and mother Gitanjali, met him at …

National organ donor’s day: Pune now has 16 authorised hospitals for organ transplant
6 years, 3 months ago

National organ donor’s day: Pune now has 16 authorised hospitals for organ transplant

Hindustan Times  

With national organ donor’s day being celebrated on December 1, members of zonal transplant coordination committee recall the efforts taken to convince the relative of a brain dead patient to donate organs and counsel them about how even one organ can give a new life to someone. Ashwini Kumar Choubey giving away the award to Dr Shailesh Puntambekar, uterus transplant …

11-month-old boy’s kidneys save Punjab woman’s life
6 years, 8 months ago

11-month-old boy’s kidneys save Punjab woman’s life

Hindustan Times  

An 11-month-old brain dead boy has saved the life of a 38-year-old woman suffering from kidney failure, becoming the youngest organ donor at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. At least by donating his organs, I had the chance to save someone else’s life.” “In an exemplary gesture, the parents of an 11-month-old baby from Sector 45, …

Family of youth BJP leader who killed self to 'prove his love' donates his heart, other organs
6 years, 8 months ago

Family of youth BJP leader who killed self to 'prove his love' donates his heart, other organs

India TV News  

Various organs, including the heart, were harvested from the body of a BJP youth-wing leader, who had allegedly shot himself outside the residence of his girlfriend here three days ago to 'prove his love' for her. The family of Atul Lokhande, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, decided to donate his organs after doctors declared him brain-dead. Rakesh …

8-year-old girl dies after brain stroke, family donates organs and gifts life to six Mumbaiites
7 years ago

8-year-old girl dies after brain stroke, family donates organs and gifts life to six Mumbaiites

Hindustan Times  

An eight-year-old girl from Mumbai, who was brain dead, became one of the youngest organ donors of the city on Tuesday and enriched the life of six people with end-stage organ failure. The family was aware of the practice and agreed readily to donate her heart, kidneys, liver and eyes,” said organ donation coordinator Pramod Shinge from Lilavati hospital. The …

Organ donations save seven lives
7 years, 5 months ago

Organ donations save seven lives

The Hindu  

Mumbai: Two back-to-back cadaver organ donations in the city gave a new lease of life to seven critically-ill patients on Thursday. Relatives of John Abraham, a 35-year-old train accident victim admitted to the BMC-run Sion Hospital, agreed to donate his heart, kidneys and liver, while the family of 53-year-old Jayantilal Gada, a brain haemorrhage patient admitted to Hinduja Hospital, donated …

A man donates liver to save his 17-month-old daughter’s life
7 years, 11 months ago

A man donates liver to save his 17-month-old daughter’s life

India TV News  

A 17-month-old girl from Raipur was granted life by none other than her own father. She becomes the youngest child in Western India to undergo a liver transplant from her donor dad at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. After medication and surgery in Raipur, doctors there suggested an urgent liver transplant for which the family came to Mumbai and met …

Organ donation programme gets a boost after teen's parents donate her organs, save three lives
8 years, 11 months ago

Organ donation programme gets a boost after teen's parents donate her organs, save three lives

Firstpost  

Mumbai’s organ donation programme got a fresh boost when 16-year-old Kejal Pandey’s family agreed to donate her kidneys and liver — it saved three lives, according to The Times of India. An official from the Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee told The Times of India that in March, only three donations were recorded, while in January and February five and seven …

Pakistani boy gets heart from Hyderabad
9 years, 8 months ago

Pakistani boy gets heart from Hyderabad

The Hindu  

A 10-year-old boy of Pakistani origin living in Dubai was transplanted with a heart that came all the way from Hyderabad at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, here on Tuesday. To enable quick and easy transport of the donor heart, Hyderabad police created a green corridor from the hospital to Shamshabad international airport. “Our team got back to Chennai at 4.30 p.m. …

18 month old saves two, becomes youngest deceased donor of the country
10 years, 1 month ago

18 month old saves two, becomes youngest deceased donor of the country

India TV News  

New Delhi: Gaurav, an 18-months-old child who suffered irrecoverable brain damage after falling from a height, has won hearts before dying, by donating his organs to save lives of two people. At the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, a staff-member whose son Gaurav suffered from such a disease, agreed to donate the organs of his child when …

It’s a struggle for organ donors’ kin
11 years, 3 months ago

It’s a struggle for organ donors’ kin

The Hindu  

They showed exemplary courage by taking the most difficult decision in trying circumstances, to save multiple lives. Her husband Mangali Mallesham from Mominpet mandal of Ranga Reddy district died in an accident three months ago, after which three of his organs were harvested and transplanted. “I agreed as I felt convinced that three people will live in my husband’s name,” …

Baby becomes youngest organ donor in Britain after dying at five weeks as kidneys are given to 22-year-old woman
11 years, 5 months ago

Baby becomes youngest organ donor in Britain after dying at five weeks as kidneys are given to 22-year-old woman

Daily Mail  

Baby becomes youngest organ donor in Britain after dying at five weeks as kidneys are given to 22-year-old woman Unnamed five-week-old child died from heart failure earlier this year Kidneys from baby transplanted into 22-year-old Samira Kauser by surgeons at St James's University Hospital in Leeds Healthcare assistant from Halifax, West Yorkshire, had kidney failure due to genetic condition Procedure …

Woman's life saved by five-week-old baby’s donated kidneys
11 years, 5 months ago

Woman's life saved by five-week-old baby’s donated kidneys

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 Kidneys from a five-week-old baby have been used to save …

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