Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. I Issue NO.: 1 (October 1998)
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Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. I Issue NO.: 1 (October 1998)
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This newsletter is the first of its kind from India. Since the passing of the historical “THE TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS ACT” in 1994, the cadaver transplantation activity in India has led to transplantation of most of the organs ...

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Together in life and death

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. I Issue NO.: 1 (October 1998)
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Here is a moving story of a Professor of Urology whose death from cardiac arrest gave a renewed lease of life to his wife who was suffering from chronic renal failure and was on haemodialysis. Dr. A. K. Annamalai (65), one of the leading ...

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Kidneys for sale

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
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An oft repeated, sorry tale – reports of a kidney being stolen from a young man from a village who had come to Mumbai in search of a job.   Here is one such story. This young man left his village in Bihar with dreams of going to ...

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Losers All

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
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Yet another allegation of a kidney being stolen. The doctors were arrested and put in jail. The Indian Medical Association reiterated that it was impossible to remove a kidney without the person’s knowledge, keeping in mind the number of ...

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Organs from China on sale

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Two Chinese men were arrested in the United States of America for trying to sell organs for transplantation. The organs were supposedly removed from executed Chinese prisoners. On sale were lungs, livers, a kidney, a pancreas, corneas and skin. ...

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Tissue trade in Hungary

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A lawsuit was filed by a Hungarian woman alleging that tissue and bone were illegally removed from her dead mother’s leg without the consent of the family. Her mother had not expressed a wish to donate when she was alive, either. The police ...

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Transplant coordinators doctors who make all the difference

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The Critical Care Unit – the scene of innumerable battles between life and death. Life triumphs at times, death at others. The doctors working there have to be ever prepared to deal with grieving families and never more so, than with families ...

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Transplant Facts

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. I Issue NO.: 1 (October 1998)
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  Number of transplants worldwide last year : 37,693 Number of transplants performed to date : 544,313 First Human Kidney Transplant : 1954, Boston First Pancreas Transplant : 1966, Minneapolis First Liver Transplant : 1967, ...

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