Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.24 Issue No.2, April 2025 - June 2025
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Global Organ Transplantation Report 2023: Key Highlights

Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.026
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In 2023, global organ transplants rose by 9.5%, according to data from 93 countries compiled by the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT).   While donation after brain death (DBD) rose by 7%, it was donation after ...

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Human Bladder Transplant: Innovation in the Regenerative Surgery of the Urinary System

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.027
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For the first time ever, a multidisciplinary group from the University of Southern California (USC) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), successfully performed a human bladder transplant in May 2025. The recipient was a 41-year-old man ...

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Brain Dead Mother from Georgia Delivers Baby Boy Named 'Chance'

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.028
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In an extraordinary emotionally charged case from Georgia, Adriana Smith, 31, a nurse and mother, suffered from a brain hemorrhage from blood clots during early pregnancy which led to her being declared brain dead in February 2025. Medical staff ...

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Ireland Implements Opt-Out Organ Donation System

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.029
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In an effort to enhance organ availability for transplantation, Ireland implemented its opt-out organ donation system in June 2025. As per the Part 2 of the Human Tissue Act (HTA) 2024, all individuals over the age of 18 will be automatically ...

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Octogenarian Mother Donates Kidney to Save Ailing Daughter - The Mother's Miracle

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.030
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At Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, an 84-year-old mother made a rare and selfless kidney donation to her 50-year-old daughter struggling with chronic kidney disease. Although she was an elderly donor, she went ahead ...

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AIIMS Raipur Carried out the Landmark-First ever Swap Kidney Transplant in Chhattisgarh

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorth
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.031
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AIIMS Raipur has successfully performed its first swap kidney transplant in March 2025, becoming the first government hospital in the state to do so. Two male ESRD (end-stage renal disease) patients, 39 and 41 years old from Bilaspur, who were ...

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Organ Donation Infrastructure Boost: ₹643.88 Cr nod for Kozhikode Institute

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.032
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A sanction of ₹643.88 crore as the budget to set up the Kozhikode Institute of Organ and Tissue Transplant was given in the cabinet meeting held on June 5, 2025. The decision has been made after a detailed project report presented by the ...

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Tamil Nadu Records 109 Deceased Donations in First Five Months of 2025

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.033
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According to the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN), Tamil Nadu has again reigned its momentum in deceased organ donation with 109 donors in the first five months of 2025. Of the 109 donors so far this year, 47 donations are from ...

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End-of-Life Care in India

Raj Kumar Mani
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p4-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.034
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Introduction: It has come to be a norm for terminally ill patients to spend their dying days in hospitals and ICUs. Aggressive interventions when applied inappropriately in this situation impose enormous physical, emotional and economic burdens on ...

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International Transplant Congress Hosted by ESOT | 29 June – 2 July 2025 | London

Jaya Jairam
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.035
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The International Transplant Congress, hosted by the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT), took place in London from 29 June to 2 July 2025. Centered around the theme 'Nurturing a Sustainable Transplantation Journey,' the ...

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19 IFKF-WKA Conference 13 - 15 June, 2025 | Rome

Pallavi Kumar
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.036
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The 19th IFKF-WKA Conference was held in Rome from June 13-15, 2025, jointly hosted by International Federation of Kidney Foundations - World Kidney Alliance and Italian Kidney Foundation (Fondazione Italiana del Rene). The International ...

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Honouring Umang Galada

Ujjawal Galada, Jyoti Galada
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p8-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.037
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As his name suggests, Umang was full of enthusiasm, intelligence, curiosity, and creativity. He was a keen learner, always eager to try new things, whether it was cooking, coding, or playing the tabla. Whatever he did, he gave it his 100%. Maths ...

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Organ Donations from Bhopal: An Emerging Trend

Dr Rajesh BhargavaRaj Gajbhiye
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p10-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.038
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AIIMS Bhopal recently witnessed its first deceased organ donation. Could you share more details about this significant milestone? Yes, AIIMS Bhopal recently achieved a significant milestone by conducting its first deceased organ donation. The ...

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Transplant Coordinators’ Training Conducted by ZTCC, Pune

Arati Gokhale
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.039
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The Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC), Pune organized its 10th Transplant Coordinators’ Training Program at KEM Hospital, Pune, in association with ROTTO/SOTTO West (Mumbai), under the aegis of NOTTO. Held from 23rd to 27th June ...

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Recipient Speaks

Poonam Sharma
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Apr-Jun; 24(2):p12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.040
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While working on my doctoral studies at IIT Kanpur what started off as mild exhaustion and dismissed as anaemia in 2006, escalated making routine tasks impossible, and later progressed to stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) by 2008. CKD however, ...

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