Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Liver Transplant Programme in India

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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One of the recent beneficiaries of the cadaver transplant programme has been the liver transplant programme. In the last 4 to 5 years almost 4 to 5 units have emerged as leaders in this programme. In the last 4 to 5 years almost four units have ...

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All India Transplant Games in Punjab

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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The All India Transplant Games will be held in Ludhiana. All transplants units should support the games. At this juncture we must remember the founder of the games – Dr. R.V.S Yadav who had an untimely demise this year. The games have come ...

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Liver transplant – partial versus whole liver transplant

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Which works better in liver transplants – transplanting a portion of a liver donated from a living donor or transplanting an entrie organ donated from a deceased person? Retrospective studies have suggested that graft survival in right ...

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Take Heart!

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Hannah Clark was only two years old when she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a condition which made her heart twice the size it should have been and placed it under such strain that it would probably have given out within a year. A team led by ...

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Artificial Bladders grown

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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The work of Dr. Anthony Atala and his colleagues at the wake forest University School of Medicine in North Caroline. USA, is a milestone in the field of regenerative medicine (the achievement was reported in The Lancet). Dr. Atala says, “ We ...

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First face transplant recipient faces the world for the first time

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Isabelle Dinoire, 38, the women who received the world’s first partial face transplant in November 2005,  faced the world for the first time with her “new face” in march this year. A circular scar was still visible where the ...

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First face transplant in china

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Mr. Li “Guoxing, a 30-year old, whose face had been disfigured from an attack by a bear, received a partial face transplant operation in a north-western Chinese hospital on April 14, 2006. This was the first face transplant in China and the ...

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New Zealand Parliament to debate Organ Donor Veto Bill

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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In an attempt to address the low organ donor rates in New Zeland, National Party MP, Dr. Jackie Blue, collaborated with Andy Tookey from organ donor reform group, GiveLife NZ, in drafting a bill called  The Human Tissue (organ donation) ...

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World’s first penis transplant performed

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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The world’s first penis transplant was performed in China on a 44-year-old man who had lost his penis in an accident. A 10 cm penis from a dead donor was transplanted. However, the transplanted penis had to be removed again because the ...

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Ms. Nayan Dhamdhere - A crusader of organ donation in India passes away.

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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In both sickness and in health she promoted organ donation in India with the greatest zeal. She worked for this mission from her hometown, Pune. She was helped in her work by her husband Mr. Rajan and her father in law. She ...

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A First in Liver Transplantation in India – Networking works well

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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A 30 year old was declared brain  dead in a hospital in Hyderabad. The family was extremely motivated to donate all the organs of their loved one. MOHAN foundation’s counsellors were called in and they provided the family with emotional ...

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Kidney Donation from the Mentally Challenged – Is it Ethical, Legal?

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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What are the rights of a mentally-challenged person? Does the family have a right to make decisions on behalf of such a person when it related to a complex issue such as  living kidney donation? A man has petitioned the Chhattisgarh High Court ...

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Brief report on cadaver organ donation activities in Andhra Pradesh

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Since March 2003 there has been regular cadaver transplant activity in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Prior to this period very few cadaver organs had been retrieved and transplanted. Some cadaver organs were also received from neighboring states. ...

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“Please encourage organ donation” – Telugu movie star Mr. Chiranjeevi

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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“ The anatomy and physiology of the human body is wonderful. Unfortunately, some illfated people suffer due to ill health. God is serving them through doctors. But some organs fail totally  and cannot be treated  medically and ...

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Hinduism and Organ Donation

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Om Gam Ganapataye Namah (I surrender myself to you, lord of the hosts) Lord Ganesha is a much loved deity of the Hindus , since he is the Lord of Good Fortune who provides prosperity. His blessings are invoked when a new venture is started ...

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Supermom to the rescue

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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This is one act that even Superman could not be able to beat. It was supermom Preeti Iswar, who came to the rescue of her daughter, Meenu Nanwani, and saved her life. Meenu is the principal of Singapore International School in Jakarta. She was in ...

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Honouring Donor Families

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Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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A most poignant, sacred condolence meeting. MOHAN organsisation gives a new meaning of life abd life after laying down one’s mortal coils” Dr Purushotham Vijaykumar Senior Civil Surgeon TN Health Services ...

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You can help us make the Gift of Life

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue No.22/23. Feb 2006 - June 2006
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Organ transplantation has been one of the greatest advances of modern science that has resulted in many dying patients getting a new lease of life. However, transplantation would not be possible but for organ donation. MOHAN Foundation is ...

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Background information to support Project Grant

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VII Issue NO.: 22/23 (Feb-Jun 2006)
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Organs can be donated by a living person after natural death, and after "brain death". Brain Death is relatively new concept of death that was first recognised in Paris in 1959. In this form of death, the brain tissue dies first and the death of ...

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