Chandigarh: PGIMER doctor gets Sushruta award 2024
10 months, 1 week 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 the institute’s deceased organ donation programme. During conclave, Gupta participated in a panel discussion on the topic ‘Donate organs and save lives’,and shared about the role of transplant coordinators in deceased organ donation.

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Organ Donation Camp Till August 15 in Visakhapatnam
4 months, 2 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 …

Organ transplant centre to be established at PGIMS, Rohtak: Saini
6 months ago

Organ transplant centre to be established at PGIMS, Rohtak: Saini

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday said that an organ transplant centre will soon be established at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak to facilitate kidney and other organ transplants, assuring that the state government will provide all necessary support. Speaking on this occasion, health minister Dr Kamal Gupta, who also holds the portfolio of …

Haryana youth gives new lease of life to five patients
7 months, 1 week 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
9 months 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: 23-year-old brain dead youth’s organs save seven lives
11 months, 1 week ago

Chandigarh: 23-year-old brain dead youth’s organs save seven lives

Hindustan Times  

The organs of a 23-year-old man, who was declared brain dead at PGIMER on January 12 following an accident, gave a new lease of life to five terminally ill organ failure patients, one at New Delhi, another at Gurugram and three more at PGIMER. The youth could not be revived after getting critically injured and was declared brain dead at …

Deceased five-year-old’s organs donated at Wadia Hospital
1 year ago

Deceased five-year-old’s organs donated at Wadia Hospital

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The parents of a five-year-old girl donated her heart, kidneys and cornea after she was declared brain-dead at B J Wadia Hospital, Parel, on Monday. Deceased five-year-old’s organs donated at Wadia Hospital “She was brought in on an artificial ventilator and remained critical,” said a doctor from Wadia Hospital. This is the third paediatric cadaver donation at Wadia Hospital …

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust
1 year, 4 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. …

For PGI patients needing organs, the wait is long and painful
1 year, 8 months ago

For PGI patients needing organs, the wait is long and painful

Hindustan Times  

For Manwinder Pal Singh, 41-year-old patient from Fatehgarh Sahib, the wait for a kidney transplant has felt like a lifetime. PGI serves as the Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation for the northern region, including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and other neighbouring areas. However, patients like me face immense struggle awaiting an organ, with many also losing their lives before …

Over 5,600 awaiting organs at PGIMER Chandigarh, myths major barrier in donation
1 year, 8 months ago

Over 5,600 awaiting organs at PGIMER Chandigarh, myths major barrier in donation

Hindustan Times  

Amid scarcity of donors, as many as 5,610 patients have been awaiting organs at PGIMER, Chandigarh, and the queue’s only getting longer. Despite the institute’s dedicated efforts, the waiting list for organs at PGIMER remains lengthy, leaving patients suffering for years and many even pass away awaiting transplants. Organ transplantation is recognised as a viable treatment option for a range …

Why organ donation in India needs big reforms
1 year, 9 months 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 …

Brain-dead AP youth\'s father donates his son\'s organs
2 years, 2 months ago

Brain-dead AP youth\'s father donates his son\'s organs

Deccan Chronicle  

UDUPI: Vemula Sudarshan Chowdary, a brain-dead student from Guruzala mandal in Andhra Pradesh, gave a new lease of life through organ donation. Sudarshan was declared brain dead by a panel of expert doctors as per the protocol stipulated by the Transplantation of Human Organ Act 1994 officially twice at an interval of six hours on October 11. When the patient …

Brain Dead Ex-BSF Jawan Donates Organs at AIIMS Delhi, Saves 3 Lives
2 years, 2 months ago

Brain Dead Ex-BSF Jawan Donates Organs at AIIMS Delhi, Saves 3 Lives

News 18  

The family of a 52-year-old ex-BSF jawan who was declared brain dead at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here donated his organs, offering a new lease of life to three people. While Rakesh Kumar’s one kidney was used at the AIIMS Delhi itself, the other was sent for a patient at the Safdarjung hospital. According to the doctor, …

Doctor seeks memorial for youngest organ donor who saved 5 lives
2 years, 7 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: …

Chandigrah: Organs of brain-dead kid save three lives
2 years, 8 months ago

Chandigrah: Organs of brain-dead kid save three lives

India Today  

The organs of a child, who was declared brain dead by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, helped in saving the lives of three terminally ill patients. But we are trying to draw consolation from the fact that Gurjot’s life will go on in others and will give them more days with their families.” Lauding the …

14-year-old brain dead Surat boy donates multiple organs, gives new lease of life to 6 through Donate Life
3 years, 1 month 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, 4 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 …

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