Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.21 Issue No.65, March 2022 - June 2022
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Growth of Liver Transplants in India

Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p1
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The growth of liver transplants in India over the last two decades has been phenomenal. This growth has been mainly confined to the private sector with only a handful of government hospitals developing a sustainable and viable transplant program. ...

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Giving the Gift of Life: Couple in China donate a kidney each to save their twin daughters

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p2
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By giving one kidney each, a Chinese couple was able to save their teenage twin daughters who were experiencing renal failure. Both the sisters were diagnosed with uremia caused by a genetic mutation and required kidney transplants. Their health ...

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Swiss opts for 'presumed consent' on organ donations

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p2
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To combat the shortfall of organs for transplant, Switzerland has shifted to "opt-out" system of organ donation in May 2022. Everyone is now potentially a donor unless an individual has actively chosen to opt out and the new rule was supported by ...

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Pancreatic Islet Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes: 20-Year Experience of University of Alberta Hospital, Canada - A Single-Centre Study

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p2
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World's largest islet transplant program has changed the lives of many people with diabetes, after 20 years of perfecting their technique. The team behind the largest islet cell transplant program in the world reports the procedure is a safe, ...

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A Kidney Donor's Journey to Raise Awareness

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p3
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Anil Srivatsa, a kidney donor, intends to travel 56,000 kilometres in order to compete in the World Transplant Games (WTG) 2023, to be held in Australia. His journey from Bengaluru began in April 2022; crossing 17 countries, he will be reaching ...

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Organ Transplant Added under CM Chiranjeevi Health Scheme in Rajasthan

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p3
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Organ transplant has been added to the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance scheme (Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana) in Rajasthan. The yearly medical coverage sum has increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, with an additional ...

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6-year-old Roli becomes youngest organ donor in the history of Delhi AIIMS

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p3
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Roli Prajapati, a six-year-old girl hailing from Noida became the youngest organ donor ever in the history of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi and saved the lives of five people in April 2022. Roli Prajapati was shot in ...

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In Death, A Doctor in Kolkata Gives a Fresh Lease of Life to Three

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi, Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p3
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Dr. Sanjukta is no more, but her legacy lives on. That is how doctors in Kolkata mourned the death of Sanjukta Shyam Roy, a 43-year- old Kolkata doctor who gave a fresh lease of life to three people. Dr. Sanjukta, an anaesthesiologist was ...

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Liver Transplants around the World


Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p4-5
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Liver Transplants around the World             ...

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Letting her hair down: My Daughter's Hair Donation Story

Sukhvinder Lal
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p6
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My daughter Tashvi (14 years) has been familiar with the term 'organ donation' as she has been hearing this term ever since she was five years old. As I have been working for the cause of organ donation and transplantation, this has become a part ...

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In death, Bhupendra gives new lease of life to eight people

Pallavi Kumar
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p7
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On March 27, 2022, while I was celebrating my birthday, this young man, Bhupendra was fighting between life and death. He had met with a tragic road accident where he was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle. He had sustained serious head ...

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“Stronger Together”- Advanced Transplant Coordinators' Workshop

Preeti Goswami
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p8
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MOHAN Foundation in association with Network and Alliance of Transplant Coordinators (NATCO) organized an Advanced Transplant Coordinators’ Workshop titled “Stronger Together” on April 1, 2022, at Four Point Sheraton Hotel in New ...

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“Towards Affordability” - A Stakeholders' Workshop

Preeti Goswami
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p9
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On April 2, 2022, MOHAN Foundation organized a one-day Stakeholders' Workshop at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, New Delhi under the aegis of National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO). The workshop was supported by the SBI ...

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Anudaan - Making Transplants Affordable - An initiative by MOHAN Foundation

Pallavi Kumar, Jaya Jairam
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p10
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“Anudaan – Making Transplants Affordable” is an initiative launched by MOHAN Foundation in the year 2021, as a mark of its journey towards saving lives for the last 25 years. This initiative aims to provide financial assistance to ...

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Team India Gearing Up for Victory at the World Transplant Games

Shankar Arora
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p11
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The World Transplant Games are held every two years by the World Transplant Games Federation, which was established in 1978 and is recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The Games offer an opportunity to transplant recipients and donors ...

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One-Week Transplant Coordinators' Training Programs

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p12
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Chennai - March 21 - 25, 2022 The one-week face-to-face transplant coordinators' training program was attended by 22 participants from different parts of the country - Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan. The ...

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One-Week Transplant Coordinators' Training Program - Delhi

Pallavi Kumar
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p12
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Delhi NCR - March 22 - 26, 2022          MOHAN Foundation in partnership with Manipal Organ Sharing & Transplant (MOST) conducted a training program on Transplant Coordination from March 22 to March 26, ...

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One-Month Online Transplant Coordinators' Professional Certificate Course

Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p13
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The one-month online 'Transplant Coordination Professional Certificate' course was successfully conducted in the months of March, April and June 2022 respectively. The participants were from all across India as well as from Nepal. As part of the ...

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Manipur Story - First Living Kidney Transplant in a Government Hospital in Manipur – Scripting History

Pallavi Kumar
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p14
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Shoot For The Stars And You'll Land On The ...

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Tribute to Life

Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p15
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The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth (CW) Games present a unique opportunity to showcase organ and tissue donation and transplantation activities of Commonwealth nations towards the noble cause of saving lives. Through the sharing of knowledge and ...

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Parenting to Take Organ Donation & Transplantation to Newer Frontiers

Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2022 Mar - Jun; 21(Cumulative issue 65):p16
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North-East - Manipur Project Gift Hope, Gift Life ...

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