Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. 10 Issue NO.: 35 (Mar 2012 - Jun 2012)
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5th Annual Transplant Coordinators' Workshop

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It is soon going to be time for the Annual Transplant Coordinators' Workshop, an event that transplant coordinators across the country look forward to. The workshop is jointly organised by MOHAN Foundation and National Association of Transplant ...

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Facebook's organ donation initiative

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Facebook users who are already organ donors can add that information to their profile page, now known as their timeline. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled an initiative in May 2012 to use the vast social network to help connect organ donors ...

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A full recovery after liver transplant surgery at nine months of age

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A 3-year-old girl, who underwent a liver transplant surgery when she was nine months old, has fully recovered from the operation. Ellie-Mae Wolfenden, from Cheshire, United Kingdom, was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer in 2009. She ...

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World's smallest artificial heart implanted in 16-month-old baby

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Italian doctors in Rome managed to successfully implant the world's smallest artificial heart in a 16-month-baby before conducting another surgery to transplant a real heart. Doctors at Bambino Gesu pediatric hospital used a tiny titanium device ...

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First transplant surgery performed in Japan with six-year-old brain dead donor

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Japan conducted its first transplant surgery with organs from a six-year-old brain dead donor in June 2012. The family donated the boy's heart, liver and kidneys. Doctors at the National Centre for Child Health and Development in Tokyo revealed ...

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Regenerative medicine could help solve organ shortage

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Professor Paolo Macchiarini, a pioneer in Regenerative medicine, said that technology in this field had advanced to the point where it was possible to contemplate transplants with no human donors, no problems of rejection and no need for lifelong ...

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Organ Donation Symposium at Chandigarh

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On 11th April 2012, an Organ Donation symposium was organized at Punjab University, Chandigarh by Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, World Health Organization and MOHAN Foundation. ...

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Organ donation tattoo

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Shah-e-Tara Jasrotia, 64, from Delhi has given a whole new meaning to getting a tattoo. The faded green lettering, in Hindi, across her arm is a tattoo which she got done nearly 35 years ago. It says, 'After my death, I would like my eyes to be ...

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Shatayu gets into the Limca Book of Records

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Samarthan- MOHAN Foundation's first function in New Delhi to create awareness about organ donation was held on 4 April 2012.

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Samarthan- MOHAN Foundation's first function in New Delhi to create awareness  about organ donation was held on 4 April 2012. ...

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One Week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme, New Dehli 23rd-27th April 2012

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MOHAN Foundation and Army Hospital (Research and Referral) conducted a one-week Transplant Coordinators' training programme in collaboration with Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government of ...

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One Month Transplant Coordinators' Training Programme, Chennai 1st - 31st May 2012

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The one month Transplant Coordinators' training programme in Chennai commenced on 1st May 2012. This is the fourth one month training programme that is being done in Chennai. The first two weeks of the training was dedicated to lectures, case ...

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One Day Organ Donation Workshop for Nurses

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The 1st State Level Workshop on "Organ Donation" for nurses was organized by the MMM College of Nursing ( a unit of The Madras Medical Mission) in Collaboration with MOHAN Foundation (MF) on 23rd June 2012 in Chennai. The response was overwhelming ...

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Donor Story- Master T.S.Sanjai

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Master T.S.Sanjai, 15, was a bright and talented boy studying in class X in a School in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu. He was an NCC cadet and also had a black belt in Karate. But a terrible tragedy occurred on 6th April 2012; Sanjai sustained a severe head ...

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