Indian Transplant Newsletter.Vol. 15 Issue No.: 46 (Nov 2015–Feb 2016)
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Tier Two Cities – ‘New Kid on the Block’ in the Deceased Donation Transplantation Programme as it Reaches New Heights in India

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The deceased donation programme in India in 2015 achieved an organ donation rate (ODR) of 0.5 per million population (pmp) [Table 1]. This is almost three times the rate in the year 2012. At this pace we should soon reach an ODR of 1 per million ...

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MOHAN Foundation participates in the 13th Congress of the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP) at Seoul, Republic of Korea

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MOHAN Foundation participated in the 13th Congress of the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP) at Seoul, South Korea from October 17-20, 2015. The Congress was titled “From the end, to the start”. Dr Sunil ...

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A visit to Gift of Life – USA’s most active Organ Procurement Organization

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Gift of Life located in Philadelphia is the largest organ procurement organization (OPO) in USA with 447 organ donors and an organ donation rate of 43 per million population in 2014. Dr. Sumana Navin, Course Director, MOHAN Foundation and Dr. Navin ...

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A Recipient Speaks

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Mr. Faisal Abdullah Malik from Pakistan underwent a successful heart transplant on 2 nd   January 2015 in Chennai. In a heart warming letter below, he shares his experience. As-salamu Alaykum Colleagues, I have reached an important ...

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Mrs. Malathi Venkatesan

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“I’m not doing enough…you could have involved me more…” That was what Mrs.Malathi Venkatesan told me at the MOHAN Foundation Trustees’ meeting in October 2015. A month later she was gone. For me, the ...

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Advanced Transplant Coordinators’ Workshop - 3rd Consultative Meeting - Exploring New Frontiers

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The Advanced Transplant Coordinators’ Workshop – 3rd Consultative meeting was held at the Radha Regent, Chennai on 29th & 30th January 2016. The meeting’s focus was to explore strategies to improve organ and tissue donation in ...

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The Govt. Stanley Hospital Team - “All for one and one for all...”

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‘All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall’ , the motto of Alexandre Dumas’ Three Musketeers comes to mind when one meets the team of anaesthesiologists of the Cadaver Transplant Programme at Government ...

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Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme held in Pune

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A one week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme was conducted by MOHAN Foundation and ZTCC (Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre), Pune with support from Ruby Hall Clinic from 8th – 12th February 2016. This programme was held in ...

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Dr. Sunil Shroff presented Rashtriya Swayamsiddh Samman Award

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On January 14, 2016 Dr. Sunil Shroff was presented the Rashtriya Swayamsiddh Samman Award in the Individual category (Health) by the JSPL (Jindal Steel & Power limited) Foundation in New Delhi. The chief guest for the evening, Mr. Rajiv Pratap ...

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Foundation Course in Counseling and Transplant Coordination held in Hyderabad

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One week Foundation Course in Counseling and Transplant Coordination was held from 14th to 18th December 2015 at Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad. There were 48 participants from various parts of India – Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, ...

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77 Kidney Paired donation Transplantation in 2015 at IKDRC-ITS, Ahmedabad, India

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Kute VB1, Patel HV1, Shah PR1, Shah PS1, Vanikar AV2, Modi PR3, Shah VR4, Rizvi SJ3, Pal BC3, Varyani UT1, Wakhare PS1, Shinde SG1, Godhela VA1, MK Shah1, Gattani VS1, Shah JH1, Wadhai KG1, Kasat GS1, Patil MV1, Patel JC1, Kumar DP1, Trivedi VB1, ...

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