Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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Ethics of Organ Donation and Transplantation at Crossroads

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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Ethical principles in the process of organ donation relating mainly to kidney have been a favorite point of discussion for the last few years .one of the main objectives of all this discussion has been to look seriously at the compensation issue ...

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‘’Seven –Month’’ Wonder

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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A seven –month –old donor made it possible for another baby to live to see the wonder of the world around her.Alessia di matteo  (seven –and-a- half –month old baby girl) of Genoa ,Italy received eight new organs in ...

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‘’Designer baby’’ to the rescue

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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One turns to a sibling ,many a time ,for help .giving new meaning to the word” help” is a sibling who has been created to help and treat his brother for a life –threatening genetics illness, a rare hyper IGM syndrome .it is the ...

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Cousin helps basketball star score a win

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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Alonzo mourning ,33- year -old basketball star in the U.S.A.,was not sure that he would be able to win this game,not without some extraordinary help.His adversary –kidney disease ,focal gloerulosclerosis,requiring him to have a kidney ...

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Shortage of Organ donor in Romania

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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The number speaks for themselves –from 1998, when the first transplant operation was done in Romania ,till 2003 only 19 heart transplants,48 liver and around 900 kidney transplants have been carried out .doctors in Romania say that the number ...

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Murky dealings in California’s willed body Programme’’

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The willed body programme at the university of California (UCLA),los angeles,is in the doldrums. In addition to the longstanding grievances of families ,who donated bodies ,that the programme mishandled or did not return them properly ,what has now ...

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Ambuja Cement Foundation funds two year Multi-organ retrieval project at LTMG Hospitals

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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Giving the organ retrieval and transplantation scene in Mumbai a new impetus is the ambuja cement foundation which will fund a two-year multi –organ retrieval project at LTMG hospital ,Mumbai.the project will be on motivation and retrieval ...

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Turning tragedy to Trumph.....

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‘’Opt-out’’ intiative gaining momentum in UK

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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‘’OPT-OUT’’INTIATIVE GAINING MOMENTUM IN U.K. The British transplantation society ,which is made up of doctors,nurses and other professionals who carry out transplants in the U.k.,is to press members of parliaments to ...

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Summary of the report of the Amsterdam forum on the care of the live Kidney donor

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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DATA AND MEDICAL GUIDELINES Kidney transplant physicians and surgeons met in Amsterdam,the Netherlands,from April 1-4,2004 for an international Forum on the care of the Live Kidney Donor.Forum participants included over 100 experts and leaders ...

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Remembering those who make a difference-organ donors and their families

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Vol. V Issue NO.: 17/18 (Feb-Jun-Oct 2004)
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From hereto eternity......Mr.A.V.Ramesh   Six months ago,he thought of eye donation very seriously and decided to donate his eyes.In fact ,he put a note mentioning this in his son’s school notebook.’’little did he ...

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Indian Cadaver figures 1995-2004

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Vol.5 Issue No.17/18. June - October 2004
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Place Kidney Liver Heart Chennai 204 4 15 Vellore 44 10   Coimbatore 48     ...

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