It is estimated that currently India’s deceased donation rate is 0.08 per million population per year. The deceased donation programme is currently confined to about twenty multi-specialty hospitals that have good infrastructure ...
Karl Merk, who lost his arms in a farming accident in 2002, received the world's first complete double arm transplant in Munich, Germany, in July 2008. The donor was a teenager who had died in a car crash. A total of 40 surgeons, ...
Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, "the father of artificial organs," who invented the kidney dialysis machine and helped design the first artificial heart to be used in a human, died in February 2009 in the U.S.A of age-related causes. He was 97. Dr. Kolff ...
Transplant surgeon, Stuart R. Geffner, M.D., performed the first robot-assisted kidney transplant in the world at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey. The recipient was Maureen Schrader, a Type 1 diabetic, whose kidneys had failed. The donor ...
A Memphis, Tennessee, hospital confirmed in June 2009 that Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant there two months ago and said he is "recovering well and has an excellent prognosis." Jobs, who returned to work at Apple's ...
Natasha Richardson, 45, the English stage and screen actress, died in March 2009 following a head injury. She was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson. Tony Richardson, died ...
Nearly 1,000 organ transplant recipients from 50 countries will take part in the 17th World Transplant Games in Gold Coast, Australia from August 22 to 30, 2009. Each of them has had a life-saving organ transplant — heart, kidney, liver, ...
March 5, 2009 was a day of celebration for MOHAN Foundation when Mr. & Mrs. K. Raghuram, CEO and Executive Director respectively of MOHAN Foundation, Hyderabad received the REAL HEROES award instituted by CNN-IBN. Mr Yash Chopra, film director ...
A month after Hithendran’s tragic death, his grieving but courage’s parents pledged to campaign for organ donation. They also strongly advocated the use of helmets and cautioned parents against letting minors drive vehicles. Speaking ...
Kartika, all of nine years, was the favourite child of the whole of Dabilpura, a village in Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh. And now in her death, she will remain etched in the memory of everyone who lives there for she is an organ donor. ...
Service to humanity is the dictum that nuns live by. Sister Asha, a 21-year-old nun, continued to serve humanity even in her death. Her organs were donated after she was declared brain dead following a fall from the second floor of the missionary ...
Abhilasha Rahurikar, 16 months old, became the country’s youngest cadaver organ donor. Dr. Anupam Sibal, group medical director, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi said that Abhilasha’s family took the decision to donate her organs when she ...
Organ transplantation over the last 50 years has only been possible due to the magnificent act of organ donation by almost a million organ donors in the world. To recognize this noble act, Organ Donor week is celebrated throughout the world ...
Jainism has got 32 “shastras” which gives a lot of importance to: Daan (charity) Sheel (character) Tap (fasting) Bhavana (feelings) There are various kinds of daan: Abhay daan (saving a living creature from ...