India's thoracic organ transplant program has evolved in the past ten years and currently is the number one program in South Asian region. The global average of heart transplants stands at about 1.06pmp (2016 - 2018). Annually about 8,000 to 9,000 ...
The world's first multi-visceral transplant from a controlled asystole pediatric donation was performed at La Paz University Hospital in Madrid in 2022. The transplant was performed on a 13-month-old Emma, who had been diagnosed with intestinal ...
In July 2022, a team at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) announced the world's first clinical 'mini-organ' transplantation into a patient with ulcerative colitis which was in an untreatable condition. It is the world's first organoid ...
A poll conducted recently in October 2022, among 1000 Canadian nationals found that while a majority of Canadians have expressed wish to donate their organs and tissues after death, only a fewer have formally registered their wish. ...
Doctors at Amrita Hospital, Kochi performed nation's first shoulder-level full-arm transplant and third in the world after Mexico and France. Amaresh, an employee of Karnataka's Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company, lost his hands in ...
A 39-year-old from Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh who had been suffering from kidney ailment for almost seven years got a new lease of life at Safdarjung Hospital. His wife donated one of her kidneys and he had undergone a robotic kidney transplant, ...
In Chennai, waiting for ambulances carrying life-saving organs and green corridors may soon become a thing of past. Organ logistics or safe and timely transport of organs is an important aspect of successful organ transplant. Given the shortage of ...
Heart & Lung Transplants Around the World ...
Heart transplantation in India was first performed by P. K. Sen and colleagues way back in 1968 just a year after Christian Bernard performed the world first.(1) This was backed by prior solid experimental work on about hundred canine heart ...
Dr Dhiren S Shah, Director and Consultant, Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, Director - Heart & Lung Transplant Program , Director - Mechanical Circulatory Support Program Care Institute of Medical Science (CIMS) ...
Safe organ retrieval is the cornerstone of successful organ transplant program. There is no established training mechanism in India for surgeons who wish to develop skills in organ retrieval technique. Organ retrieval workshop had been held ...
Based on an incredible true story, Aye Zindagi is a Hindi-language film starring veteran South actress and 3-time National Film Award winner Revathy in the lead role. The story is about organ donation and liver transplantation, it showcases ethical ...
Guntur May 2022 For the first time, a one-week Transplant Coordinators' Training Program was conducted by Jeevandan, Government of Andhra Pradesh in association with MOHAN Foundation from May 16 - 20, 2022 at the NRI General and Super ...
The Woman Leader in Transplantation Award 2022 was conferred on Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan, India's first woman multi-organ transplant surgeon. The award was presented at The Transplant Society (TTS) Congress held in Argentina in September 2022. ...
On 14th May 2022, a one-day Workshop on Deceased Organ Donation for ICU professionals was conducted by MOHAN Foundation in collaboration with Medicover Hospitals, Visakhapatnam under the aegis of Jeevandan, Andhra Pradesh. This workshop was ...
On October 28, 2022, MOHAN Foundation was invited to conduct a hands-on training workshop on Deceased Organ Donation (DOD) at Artemis Hospital, Gurugram after the hospital identifying the need to educate nursing and social work staff on the ...
On October 20, 2022, MOHAN Foundation Delhi-NCR organized a training workshop on the organ donation process in Medico-Legal Cases (MLC) - Role of Police at DCP Headquarters, Gurugram. The training was attended by Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors and ...
“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 the ...
“I won't be far away, for life goes on. Just listen with your heart and you'll hear my love all around you.” - This is how we at MOHAN Foundation remember Mr. T N Venkatesan, who left this world on September 10, 2022 Mr T N ...
A two-day conference was organised by the Network and Alliance of Transplant Coordinators (NATCO) on October 15 -16, 2022 at Nagpur. NATCO is a national body of transplant coordinators that is committed to professional development of transplant ...
Cycle Rally An awareness cycle rally was organized by S A College of Arts and Science (SACAS), Chennai in association with MOHAN Foundation on August 12, 2022. 73 students and a volunteer from Hyundai participated and cycled 32km spreading ...