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Galaxy health insurance offers extensive benefits for surrogacy and fertility treatments. Details here
1 month ago

Galaxy health insurance offers extensive benefits for surrogacy and fertility treatments. Details here

Live Mint  

Health Insurance: Galaxy Health Promise Signature Plan covers a host of treatments from surrogacy to oocyte donor expenses and organ transplantation. Now, Galaxy Health Insurance Company, offers coverage for a whole host of treatments from surrogacy, oocyte donor expenses and organ transplantation—all under its ‘Galaxy Promise Signature’ plan. Both the husband and wife should be covered under this policy for …

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Kidney Transplants from HIV-Positive Donors Lifesaving for Other HIV Patients
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Kidney Transplants from HIV-Positive Donors Lifesaving for Other HIV Patients

India Today  

Kidney transplants between HIV-positive donors and recipients are safe and effective, offering new hope to those suffering from end-stage kidney disease. The study enrolled 198 adults with HIV and end-stage kidney disease from 26 different medical centers across the United States and found that transplant outcomes between HIV-positive donors and recipients were comparable to those between HIV-negative donors and recipients, …

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Health Ministry warns of possible commercial dealings in organ/tissue transplantation of foreigners in India
10 months, 1 week ago

Health Ministry warns of possible commercial dealings in organ/tissue transplantation of foreigners in India

The Hindu  

Aimed at preventing any possible commercial dealings in organ or tissue transplantation of foreigners, Health Secretary Apurva Chandra, in a written communication, alerted the Ministry of External Affairs of possible violations and asked support to establish systems for monitoring the process. The Health Ministry said many foreign nationals were coming to India for various types of organ transplantation. “A recent …

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Roy Calne, a surgeon who led Europe’s first liver transplant, has died aged 93
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Roy Calne, a surgeon who led Europe’s first liver transplant, has died aged 93

Associated Press  

LONDON — Roy Calne, a pioneer of organ transplantation who led Europe’s first liver transplant operation in 1968, has died aged 93. In 1960, Calne’s dog experiments demonstrated for the first time that a drug could fend off organ rejection. In May 1968, Calne led a transplant operation on a 46-year-old woman with liver cancer, at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. …

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Life after death: 327 life-saving procedures done in Telangana through Organ transplants
1 year, 4 months ago

Life after death: 327 life-saving procedures done in Telangana through Organ transplants

The Hindu  

Anil was on the list of recipients for organ transplant in Hyderabad as his kidneys had failed. But in a nation of 130 crore people, the organ donation rate is only 0.25 per million which means that not more than 2,000-2,500 organs are available for transplant from deceased donors. As per the data maintained by the National Organ and Tissue …

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Unrelated Organ Transplantation | Local Level Committee Can't Insist On Police Verification Report: Kerala High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Unrelated Organ Transplantation | Local Level Committee Can't Insist On Police Verification Report: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently reiterated that the Local Level Committee for Renal Transplantation cannot insist on the production of a police verification report to forward an application for unrelated organ transplantation filed under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act to the District Level Authorisation Committee. It was also pointed out that the High Court, in similar cases, …

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Tamil Nadu to accelerate cadaver organ transplantation programme
2 years, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu to accelerate cadaver organ transplantation programme

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu, a forerunner in cadaver organ donation, is on a mission to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced slump. The waiting list for different organs in Tamil Nadu was about 7,000 and the State was making efforts to accelerate cadaver organ donation and transplantation, said Health Minister Ma. The current waiting list was 6,483 for kidney, 380 for liver, 43 …

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Swap Transplants Permissible Even If Donor-Recipients Not Near Relatives, Provided Special Reason Exist For Donation: Kerala High Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Swap Transplants Permissible Even If Donor-Recipients Not Near Relatives, Provided Special Reason Exist For Donation: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

In a significant judgement regarding organ transplantation laws in India, the Kerala High Court has ruled that swap transplants, with prior approval of the Authorisation Committee, are permissible even if each pair of donor- recipients are not near relatives, provided there exists a special reason like affection, attachment. Justice N. Nagaresh allowing a writ petition set aside the order of …

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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, …

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