Indian Transplant Newsletter of Issue NO.29 for the month of Feb to June 2010

Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh showing the way forward

Acute shortage of organs is a universal problem – more so in developing Asian countries like India. What makes it worse is that the large majorities of organ failure patients never receive any care and added to this the constantly ...

World’s First Full-Face Transplant

The world's first full-face transplant was carried out at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain in late March 2010. The patient, a 31-year-old man, was given an entirely new face, including skin, jaw, nose, lips, cheeks, palate, teeth and ...

President of Pakistan, Zardari, signs up for Organ Donation

The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, pledged to donate his whole body after his death. He made this announcement after signing a landmark bill to regulate transplant of human organs in Pakistan. The law makes the sale and unauthorised ...

Regulatory Committee set up for Organ Transplantation in Saudi Arabia

A committee for the development of organ transplantation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was formed by the Health Ministry this year. The new body would develop future plans, procedures, regulations and rules regarding the organ transplant program ...

Salman Khan, bollywood actor, supports Bone Marrow Donation

Salman Khan, the famous Bollywood actor, has touched many lives through his contributions to charity. His latest "role" as a bone marrow donor will now help save lives - the lives of those suffering from leukemia (blood cancer) and other ...

Government General Hospital signs landmark ‘MOU’ with MOHAN Foundation

With a view to initiating a successful deceased organ donation programme in Chennai, the Dean of Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Prof. J. Mohanasundaram, signed a landmark MOU with MOHAN Foundation in February 2010. ...

Two heart transplants performed on same day

In a record of sorts, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai performed heart transplants simultaneously on two patients in March 2010. The transplants were carried out on a 22-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy and a 32-year-old man with a ...

Hospitals in Tamil Nadu expanding Transplant Programmes

The number of deceased donor organ donations is going up in Tamil Nadu and hospitals in Chennai are expanding their hospital programmes. A team led by Dr. K.R. Balakrishnan at Fortis Malar did its first heart transplant on a 34-year-old patient on ...

Man devotes son’s first birthday to increase awareness about Organ Donation

Mahesh (33) experienced the joy of becoming a father for the first time on June 17, 2009. Exactly a year later on his son’s Chaarukesh’s first birthday, the design engineer from Chennai made the occasion even more special by organising ...

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Counselling a family for Deceased Organ Donation – our first experience

By Suvitha K and Subha M, Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai How does one approach a family that is grappling with the loss of a loved one and is grief stricken? How does one deal with the difficulties of requesting for organ donation in the ...

Convocation of MOHAN Foundation’s first batch of Transplant Coordinators

The convocation of the first batch of Transplant Coordinators was held on Sunday, 11 th April 2010, at MOHAN Foundation’s new office in Kilpauk, Chennai . The event started off with a prayer to Lord Ganesha by Ms. Gayatri Srinivasan, MIS ...

A Transplant Recipient Speaks.... Reena's Heartwarming story

“I was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomypathy at the age of 25. In this condition, the heart enlarges and does not pump blood properly – severe LV dysfunction. For a normal person the heart functions at 50-70%, but for me it was 15% and ...

Deceased Organ Donation in Andhra Pradesh (2002 - June 30, 2010)

Deceased Donors from Tamil Nadu 92 Major Organs Heart 8 Liver 64 Kidneys 170 Pancreas 1 ...

Cadaver Transplant Figures In Tamil Nadu (October 2008-June 30, 2010)

Deceased Donors from Tamil Nadu 97 Major Organs Heart 21 Lungs 2 Liver 85 Kidneys 188 ...

Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. 9 Issue NO.: 29 (Feb 2010 - Jun 2010)

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Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh showing the way forward

World’s First Full-Face Transplant

President of Pakistan, Zardari, signs up for Organ Donation

Regulatory Committee set up for Organ Transplantation in Saudi Arabia

Salman Khan, bollywood actor, supports Bone Marrow Donation

Government General Hospital signs landmark ‘MOU’ with MOHAN Foundation

Two heart transplants performed on same day

Hospitals in Tamil Nadu expanding Transplant Programmes

Man devotes son’s first birthday to increase awareness about Organ Donation

We are one…

Counselling a family for Deceased Organ Donation – our first experience

Convocation of MOHAN Foundation’s first batch of Transplant Coordinators

A Transplant Recipient Speaks.... Reena's Heartwarming story

Deceased Organ Donation in Andhra Pradesh (2002 - June 30, 2010)

Cadaver Transplant Figures In Tamil Nadu (October 2008-June 30, 2010)